49. CYPRINODONTID^ — LUCANIA. 
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559. L.. vetmsia Grd. 
Body oblong, miicli as in Zygonectes. Dorsal midway ol body, mod- 
erately elevated, mncb in front of anal. Snout rather pointed. Brown- 
ish, slightly spotted. Head 3^; depth 3^. D. 13; A. 11; Lat. 1. 27. 
L. IJ inches. Indianola, Tex. {Girard.) 
{Liviia vcnusta Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichtli. 71, 1859; Girard, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 118; Giiuther, vi, 310: Lueania affinis Givavd, Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Phila. 1859, 118.) 
569. 1.. parva (B. & G.) Bean* 
Form elongated. Head less than one-fourth the length (with the 
caudal). Eye 3 in head. Coloration plain. D. 10; A. 10; Y. 6; L. 
trausv. 8. Yery small. Long Island. {Giintlier.) 
{Cyprinodon parvus B. Sl G. Ninth Smithsonian Report, 1855, 345: Cyprinodon par- 
vus Gunther, vi, 307.) 
56 i. Li. g'oodci Jordan. 
Body elliptical, rather elongate, the back considerably elevated to a 
lioint just in front of the origin of the dorsal fin ; the caudal peduncle 
rather deep and comjiressed. Head short, comparatively narrow, and 
bluntly iiointed. Mouth small, terminal; both jaws with rather large 
conical canine-like teeth, apiiarently in a single series. Eye large, near 
the middle of the side of the head, its diameter contained 2^ to 2f times 
in the length of the head, about equal to the width of the interorbital 
space. Scales large, their exposed surfaces higher than long, in about 
30 (29 to 32) longitudinal and 7 vertical series; humeral scale like the 
others. Fins large, especially in the males ; origin of dorsal about mid- 
way between snout and base of caudal, consi)icuously in advance of 
anal; height of dorsal fin in the males two-thirds the length of the head, 
about equal to the length of the base of the fin ; anal fin similar and 
nearly as high and long, beginning nearly under the middle of the 
dorsal; caudal moderate, subtruncate; ventrals long, in the males 
each with 20 or more rays, nearly opposite each other ; anal fin not modified in the 
male. Intestinal canal short. Mexico. (Girardinus; fish.) 
G. innominatus Bleeker. 
Head thick, the snout obtuse, the mandible being directed vertically upward; neck 
arched so that the upper profile of the head is concave. Eye 5 in head, i the width 
of interorbital space. Olivaceous, with brown cross-bands, which are sometimes 
confluent. Head 4; depth 3J. D. 20; A. 22; Lat. 1. 44. Vicinity of city of Mexico. 
{Giiuthtr.) 
{Lueania sp. Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 114; Bleeker, Cyprin. 484: 
Limnuryus varkyatus Gunther, vi, 309.) 
*Dr. Bean informs us that this species, the types of which he has examined, is a 
Lueania. 
