Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 059 



Big Black, and Pearl rivers. A chubby little fish, very prettily colored, 



{(Uapar, dissimilar.) 



Zygonerte^ dispar, Agassiz, Amer. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 1854, 35.1, creeks opposite St. Louis, 



Beardstown, Illinois; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 9, 49, 1877; Hay, Bull. U. S. 



Fish Comm., 1882, GG; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 341, 1883. 



9«7. FIJNDULUS NOTATUS (Rafinesriue). 



(Top Minnow.) 



Head 4; depth 4| ; eye large, less than snout, about '3 in head. D. 9; 

 A. 11 ; scales 34-11. Body rather slender, compre8.sed behind. Head 

 low, depressed, and rather elongate, the snout somewhat produced, the 

 lower jaw scarcely projecting; interorbital space broad, its width about 

 half length of head. Fins moderate, the dorsal and anal elevated in 'the 

 males. Teeth in a broad band, the outer series considerably enlarged 

 and canine-like. Coloration brownish olive, with a broad, dark, pur- 

 plish-black lateral band running from tip of snout through eye to base 

 of caudal; darker in males than in females; young specimens have the 

 edges of the band serrated ; a few series of small black dots along the 

 sides of the back ; dorsal, caudal, and anal fins dotted with black; top 

 of head with a conspicuous translucent spot in life ; concentric striie on 

 scales strong. Southern specimens often larger and darker in color. 

 Length 2 to 3i inches. Michigan to Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas; 

 generally abundant in ponds and canals. A pretty little fish, swimming 

 at the surface in quiet waters, feeding on insects; recognizable in the 

 water by the translucent spot on the head, also found in related species. 

 {notaius, spotted.) 



Smiotilus notatm, Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 86, 1820, tributaries of Ohio River in Ky. 

 Poecilia oHvacea, Storer, Proc. Best. See. Nat. Hist., ii, July, 1845, 51, Florence, Alabama. 



(Coll. C. A. Hentz.) 

 Fimihilm teiiellus, Baird & Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1853, 289, Prairie Mer Rouge, 



Louisiana, and Russellville, Kentucky. 

 Zygonedes lateralis, Agassiz, Amer. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 1854, 353, Mobile, Alabama. 

 Zygonectes zoiHilits, Aga.ssiz, Amer. Journ. Sci. & Arts, 1854, 353, St. Louis, Missouri. 

 Zijgonecles pulclielhis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 113, Sugar Loaf Creek, Ark. 

 Fiinibiliis aureHs, CoPE, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 78, Detroit River, Grosse Isle, Mich. 

 Zygonectes nolatus, CopE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvir, 34, 1880; Jordan & Giluert, Synopsis, 3.39, 



1883. 

 Haplochllns i?HlchelltiS, GOntuee, Cat., vi, 314, 1866. 

 Ilaplochilus aureus, Gunther, Cat., vi, 315, 1866. 



968. FUNDULUS MELAPLEURUS (Gosse). 



(TiCKY-TICKY.) 



Head 31; depth 3i. D. 11; A. 11 ; V. 5; scales 31-10. Snout broad and 

 obtuse, the mandible being directed obliquely upward ; the diameter 

 of the eye equals the length of the snout, 3 in head and 1| in interorbital 

 space. Dorsal and anal fins of moderate size ; the origin of the dorsal 

 midway between the extremity of the caudal and the anterior margin of 

 the orbit, over the sixteenth scale of the lateral line, and opposite the 

 middle of the base of the anal. Free portion of the tail rather short, its 

 depth equal to the distance between the dorsal and caudal fins. Sides 



