328 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
tiiiiil caniil rather loii"; three times lenj^tli of body. Sexes similar. 
(Dedicated to David S. Jordan.) 
521. J. Goode A Bean. 
r>ody ovate, short and deep, witli elevated back, deep caudal ])e- 
dnnele, and steep i>r(»lile. Dead moderate, Hat and broad between the 
eyes, its prolile less steep than that of the l)ack. Eyes large, in 
head. Month small, anterior, tin*, lower jaw ])roJecting. Scales mod- 
erate, the humeral scah^ not much enlaro-ed. Dorsal tin inserted mid- 
way between snout and base of caudal, its first raj' robust and spine- 
like, grooved behind, longer than the diameter of the eye, and about 
as high as the succeeding soft rays. Fins all rather low, the ventrals 
reaching just i^ast the vent. Scales with strong concentric strim. 
Color olivaceous 5 sides orange or brassy, with a broad steely-blue 
strija* along each series of scales; 4 or 5 vague, diffuse, black ver- 
tical bars, most distinct in the young, nearly obsolete in the adult; a 
large, diffuse, dusky blotch ou the sides, below the dorsal si)ine; fins 
mostly dark, the dorsal barred or speckled in the males, nearly plain 
in the females, sometimes a dusky blotch on its last rays; body and 
fins everywhere finely punctulate with black ; a dark bar below eye. 
Dead 3.1 ; depth J>. I, 10, or 1, 17; A. I, 11, to 1, 13; Lat. 1. 25-27; 
L. transv. 11 or 12. L. 14 inches. Streams of Central and Eastern 
Florida; abundant. The above description from specimens taken by 
Dr. J. A. Denshall in San Sebastian Diver. The original types were 
from Lake iMonroe. Herbivorous, at least in part. 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 117, 1879.) 
157,— CYPItIXODOi\ Lac^pode. 
(Lebias Cuvier.) 
(Lac<5p^de, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss. v, 486, 1803: type Cjiprinodon varirgafus Lac.) 
Body very short and stout, the back somewhat elevated. Mouth 
small. Snout short. Teeth moderate, incisor-like, tricuspid, in a sin- 
gle series. Scales very large; humeral scales usually eidarged. Dor- 
sal fin moderate, inserted in advance of front of anal ; its first ray not 
enlarged; anal smaller; ventral fins small. Intestinal canal little 
longer than body. Cill-membranes considerably united, free from the 
isthmus. Chubby little fishes, inhabiting the brackish waters of 
America, Southern Eurojie, and Xorthern Africa; sometimes living in 
hot salt springs, (zurrpjvo?, carp; oda*v, tooth.) 
