48 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY III. 



CYPRINODOXTIDJ^. 



Genus XENISMA Jordan. 

 21. XenisjMA stellifkrum Jordan. 



Xeniiima t^telliferu .Iokdan (1877), Ann. Lye. Nat.. Hist. N. Y. :J22. 



Tliis most exquisitely colored fish is vciy abniidant in all the clear 

 tributaries of the Etowah, Oostaiiaula, and Coosa. It j)rel'ers cold 

 waters, and ascends the " spriuj^-runs'' to their fountain-heads. 



Genus ZYGONECTES Agassis. 



22. Zygonectes nottii Agas-nz. 



Many specimens in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Phila(k'l[)liia, from near Mobile. This and the next belong to the 

 grou[) of short-bodied species called MicrisUus by Professor Gill. 



23. Zygonectes guttatus Agassiz. 

 Eecorded by Professor Agassiz from near Mobile. 



24. Zygonectes niEROGLYrnicus Agasaiz. 



Recorded by Prolessor Agassiz from nt*ar Mobile. We have never 

 seen either this or the preceding, and doubt if any one will ever recog- 

 nize them from the published deserii)tious. 



ESOCIDiE. 



Genus ESOX Linncsus. 



25. Esox RETICULATUS Le Sueur. 



Abundant in tributaries of the Etowah. 



20, Esox RAVENELi IloJbrook. 



A few specimens in the United States National Museum from the 

 Alabama Iliver. 



HYODOXTIDiE. 



Genus IIVODOX Le Snci(r. 

 27. Myodon selenops Jordan A Bean. 



Ilijodon Hclenops Johdan &. Bkan (1877), Bulletin U. S. Nut. Mus. x. G5. 



A single specimen in the National Museum from the Alabama River 

 at Montgomery. 



