49. CYPRINODONTID^ FUNDULUS. 
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g. Erancliiostegals 5; spots iu regular series. 
F. caSeaaatMS (Storer) Gtlir. — Stud-fish. 
Similar in form to F. stellifer, but larger, with lower fins and difter- 
ent coloration ; dorsal and anal fins even in the males, falling short of 
the caudal ; color bluish or greenish, with a round orange spot (iu the 
male) on each scale, thus forming series of regular lines of dots ; females 
with smaller brown spots on the scales, also forming lines. Anal 
prickly iu spring males. Teeth in broad bands, the outer somewhat 
enlarged. Head 4; depth 4J-5. D. 14; A. 15; Lat. 1. 50. L. C or 7 
inches. Tennessee and Cumberland Eivers, locally abundant, one of 
the largest and handsomest of the Cyprinodonts. 
(PcccUia cateuata Storer, Synopsis Fish N. A. 1843, 430 ; Gunther, vi, 322 ; Coi)o, Joum. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 238: Xenisma catenaia Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Ilist. N. 
Y. 1876, 322.) 
gg. Branchiostegals 4; spots irregular. 
545, F. stelMffea’ Jordan. — Sjiotfed Stud-fiish. 
Body rather long, somewhat compressed. Head broad and flattened 
above, in the usual fashion. Eye large, about! in head. /■ Scales closely 
imbricated, deeper than long. Dorsal fin beginning slightly behind 
anal, its last rays in the adult males highly elevated, reaching the 
base of caudal, their height equal to the depth of the body; anal sim- 
ilar, more elevated in front and less so behind, the last rays falling just 
short of caudal ; fins lower in females and young; pectorals reaching 
ventrals, the latter to anal in the males. Teeth in a narrow band, the 
outer somewhat enlarged, blunt and curved. Coloration brilliant ; livid 
blue above, somewhat silvery below; body and cheeks, with large, 
bright dark orange spots, irregularly jdaced, not following the rows 
of scales, and not always in the middle of the scales; these spots not 
uniform in size; females with olive-brown spots horizontally, oblong 
and smaller than the orange spots of the males and more regularly 
placed ; a blue loral blotch, with a green one below it ; a pale yellow 
blotch on the back- in front of the dorsal, very conspicuous when the 
first anal ray. Head Sf; depth 5. D. 13; A. 13; V. 6; Lat. 1.53. L. 
fish is in the water, but fading in spirits. Oviduct not extending on 
3-4 inches. Alabama Eiver, in clear streams and springs; a beautiful 
fish. * 
{Xenisma steUifera Jordan, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1876, 322.) 
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