ADDENDA 49. CYPRINODONTID.E — GAMBUSIA. 
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stripes following the rows of scales, the stripes a little narrower than 
the interspaces; a large blackish blotch below eye; fins nearly plain, 
the upper somewhat dusky; young with faint dark bars. Body com- 
paratively long and slender, little compressed. Caudal peduncle long, 
rather slender. Head long, broad and depressed above. Eye large, 
about equal to snout, interorbilal width, 3^ in head. Lower jaw 
heavy. Teeth small, the outer scarcely enlarged. Fins all small. 
Head 3§; depth 5. D. 8; A. 9; scales 40-10. Indian River, Florida. 
(Goode &. Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 1882.) 
Page 343. Lucania venusta is generally common along the Gulf coast. 
Color nearly plain light olive, the males with the dorsal and caudal 
bright yellow, the anal orange, each of these fins margined with black; 
dorsal with black spot at base in front, ocellated with yellow. D. 11 or 
12; A. 9 or 10; scales 26-8. 
Page 343. To the description of Lucania parva add; 
Plain olive, edges of scales darker; front of dorsal with a dusky spot. 
Body comparatively deep, the back somewhat arched. Dorsal high; 
anal small. Head 3-J; depth 3^. D. 11; A. 8; scales 26-8. L. 14 
inches. Connecticut to Florida {Bean). 
Page 345. Ho. 562 may be rcdescribed as follows: 
562. C». patranelis (B. & G.) Grd. 
Light olive, each scale edged with darker; a very narrow dark streak 
along sides; top of head dusky; an obscure bluish-black bar below 
eye; a black blotch on each side of belly, caused by the black perito- 
neum showing through the skin; fins dusky; the caudal sometimes 
dotted. Body rather slender. Head small, very broad and much de- 
pressed; teeth in broad villiform bauds; eye small. If in interorbital 
width, 3^ to 3J in head. Intestinal canal as long as body. Dorsal 
small, far back; distance from its insertion to caudal half that to snout; 
anal larger and higher than dorsal. Head 4 ; depth 3 to 4. D. 7 ; A. 
8 or 9; scales 30-10. L. 14 inches. Marshes and lagoons of the South 
Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Delaware to Mexico, mostly in brackish or 
fresh water ; excessively common in Louisiana. Eastern specimens 
(var. hoJhroold; Maryland to Florida) have usually the eye larger, about 
one-third length of head, I 4 in iuterorbital width; head 3§ in length. 
