49. CYPEINODONTIDyE — ZYGONECTES. 339 



mouth rather large ; jaws each with a series of long and rather slender 

 canine-like teeth, behind which is a band of small teeth ; the canines 

 larger in the lower jaw; eye large; scales rather large; dorsal fin short 

 and high, inserted slightly behind the anal in the males, exactly opposite 

 it in the females; caudal large; anal tin larger and ratlier lower than 

 dorsal; ventrals quite small; pectorals moderate. General color oliva- 

 ceous ; sides covered, especially posteriorly, with rather large, irregu- 

 larly placed orange spots, which also extend on the vertical fins; dorsal 

 dusky, with a dark bar; head without red; caudal and anal more or 

 less yellow; females obscurely marked; young with diffuse greenish 

 vertical bars. Head 3 J in length to base of caudal; depth 4. B. 5; 

 D. 7 or 8 ; A. 10 or 11 ; Lat. 1. 33 ; L. transv. 10. L. 3-4 inches. San 

 Sebastian Eiver, Florida. The largest species of the genus, looking 

 like a Fundulus. 



(Jorflau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 327.) 



S'JS. Z. floripEiSBiis (Cope) Jor. 



General form of Z. notatus ; lower jaw somewhat projecting; external 

 series of teeth in both jaws enlarged ; eye large, 3|- in head. Olive gray, 

 scales with ochre borders; fins yellow, broadly edged with crimson. 

 Head ^) depth 5. D. 10; A. 13; scales 29-10. L. 2Hnches. Elvers 

 of Colorado. {Cope.) 



{HapJochUits florijnnnis Cope, Zool. Lieut. Wheeler's Espl. W. lOOtli Mer. v, 095,1876. 



540. Z. licieatus Garman. 



Brownish, finely i)unctulate with brown; white below; lips, top of 

 liead, and a line along middle of back dark; tail with faint transverse 

 bands. Moderately ^tout, compressed. Crown flat. Eye large, as 

 long as snout, 1^ in interorbital width. Lower jaw slightly longer. 

 Outer teeth long, slender, curved. First ray of dorsal almost opposite 

 lirst of anal, one- third the distance from base of caudal to front of eye; 

 caudal truncate. Head nearly 3; depth 4^. D. 11; A. 14; V. C; P. 15; 

 Lat. 1..3G; L. transv. 12. aSTortheastern Wyoming. (Garman.) 



(Garman, Bull. Miis. Zool. viii, No. 3, 88, 1881.) 

 «<".'. Sides with a broad, dark lateral hand ; fius ijlaiu or speckled. 

 ."i.^O. Z. iBOfslttls (Raf.) Jor. — Toj) M'ninow. 



Body rather slender, compressed behind. Head low, depressed, and 

 rather elongate, the snout somewhat produced, the lower jaw scarcely 

 projecting; interorbital space broad, its width about half length of 

 head; eye large, less than snout, about 3 in head. Fins moderate, the 



