318 CTPRINODONTID^. 



obliquely upwards ; the diameter of the eye equals the length of the 

 snout, is one-third of that of the head, and three-fifths of the width 

 of the interorbital space. Dorsal and anal fins of moderate size ; 

 the origin of the dorsal is midway between the extremity of the 

 caudal and the anterior margin of the orbit, and corresponds to the 

 sixteenth scale of the lateral line ; it is opposite the middle of the 

 base of the anal. The free portion of the tail is rather short, and 

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

 Sides of the abdomen silvery, the portion above the silvery part 

 being black. 

 Jamaica. 



a-e. Females from 1 to 2 inches long. Bluefields. From Mr. Gosse's 

 Collection. Types of the species. 



8. FUNDULUS*. 



Fundulus, sp., Lacep. v. p. 37. 



Ilydrargyra, Lacep. v. p. .378 ; Cuv. df Val, xviii. p. 201. 



Fundulus, Cuv. i^- Val. xviii. p. 178. 



Cleft of the mouth of moderate width, developed laterally and 

 horizontally; mandible with the bones firmly united. Upper jaw 

 protractile. Snout of moderate length. Teeth in a narrow band, 

 those of the outer series being largest, conical. Scales of moderate 

 size. Dorsal fin commencing before or opposite the origin of the 

 anal. Sexes not differentiated. Intestinal tract short. Insec- 

 tivorous. 



North and Central America ; Tropical Africa ; South Europe. 



The species may be arranged thus : — 



a. Species of the New World, p. 318. 

 /3. Species of the Old World, p. 326. 



a. Species of the New World. 



1. Fundulus heteroclitus. 



Killifish. 



Cobitis heteroclita, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 500 ; Schoepf, Schn'ft. Ge.t. 



Ntrf. Fretaul. Berl. 1788, p. 171, taf. 8. 



macrolepidotus. Art. Walh. p. 11. no. 7. 



Pcecilia coeiiicola, Bl. Sckn. p. 452. 



fasciata, Bl. Schn. p. 453. 



Fundulus mudfish, Lacep. v. pp. 37, 38. 



Esox pisciculus, Mitch. Lit. ^ Phil. Trans. New York. i. p. 440. 



Fundulus coenicolus, Valenc, in Humh. Obs. Zool. ii. p. 162 ; Cuv. tSj- 



Val. xviii. p. 179, pi. 5.30. 

 Fundulus fasciatus, Valenc, Humh. Obs. Zool. ii. p. 162, pi. 52. figs. 



1, 4, 5 (not synon.). 

 Hydrargira ornata, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1817, i. 



p. 131 ; Storer, Synops. Fish. North Amer. p. 181. 



* 1. Fundulus virescens, Schlcg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 225. pi. 102. fig. 6. — 

 Japan. Known from a figure only {Fundulichthys viregcetis, Blkr.) 



