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dorsal and anal elevated in the males. Teeth in a broad band, the 

 outer series considerably enlarged and canine-like. Coloration brown- 

 ish olive, with a broad, dark purplish-black lateral band running from 

 tip of snout through eye to base of caudal; darker in males than in 

 females; young specimens have the edges of the band serrated; a few 

 series of small black dots along the sides of the back; dorsal, caudal, 

 and anal fins dotted with black; top of head with a conspicuous trans- 

 lucent spot in life; concentric stride on scales, strong. Head 4; depth 

 4^. D. 9; A. 11; scales 34-11. L. 2-3 J inches. Michigan to Alabama 

 and Texas, generally abundant in ponds and canals. 



{Semotilus 1 notatus Raf. Ich. Oh. 1820, 86: FceciUa olivacca Storer, Synopsis, 178: 

 Fundulus tencllus B. &, G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 185:3, .389 : Zyf/oncctes pulchcllus 

 Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, GO : Fundulus aureus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. 18.')5, 78: Haplochilus pulclicllus Giiiither, vi, 314: Raplochllus aureus Giiii- 

 ther, vi, 315 ; Jordan, Man. Vert. 2(34. ) 



** Body short and deep. {Mlcristius Gill.) 



551. E. atB'ilataiS Jordan & Brayton. 



Body short and stout, compressed, especially posteriorly. Head 

 moderate, broad and flattened above. Dorsal fin well back, moderately 

 high ; anal fin rather larger ; paired fins small. Coloration dull olive ; 

 no stripes or bars; scales slightly dark-edged; a large jet-black blotch 

 on each side just above and somewhat in front of the vent, due to the 

 black peritoneum showing through the translucent sides; dorsal and 

 anal fins speckled. Teeth small, the outer little enlarged. Head 4; 

 depth 4. D. 8; A. 8; scales 30. L. 1% inches. Xeuse River, North 

 Carolina. 



(Jordan & Brayton, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 1878, 84.) 



552. E. caacSamops (Cope) Jor. 



Body rather short and deep. Head broad ; eye as long as snout, 

 3^ in head, 2 in interorbital width; teeth in a band, the outer series 

 scarcely enlarged. Fins short. Yellowish brown ; scales darker edged ; 

 body without distinct longitudinal stripes or bars; belly golden; a very 

 conspicuous jet-black spot just below the eye, and confluent with it in 

 the adult; dorsal and caudal fins with series of black dots; caudal very 

 large. Head 3§; depth 3^. D. 7; A. 9; scales 28-7. L. 2 J inches. 

 Neuse Eiver {Go]^e) to Southern Illinois {Forbes) and Mississippi {Hay), 

 locally abaudant. 



{Haplodulus mclanops Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1870, 457; Jordan, Bull. 111. Lab. 

 Nat. liist. ii, 52, 1878; Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 501.) 



