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555. IS. scjad2CB3S (Cope) Jor. 



Body short and stout. Eye equal to snout, 3 J in head, If in inter- 

 orbital space. Fins small. Coloration uniform olivaceous, without spots 

 or lines. Head 3|. D. 10; A. 12 j scales 39-13. L. 2 inches. Platte 

 River. (Cope.) 



(Fiinduhts sciadicus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1865, 78: Haplochilas sciadicus 

 Giinther, vi, 316.) 



55G. Z. cSirysotus (Giintlier) Jor. 



Head depressed anteriorly. Snout shorter than the eye, which is 3^ 

 in heatl and IJ in interorbital space. Fins moderate. Light olive- 

 colored, with narrow, dark, vertical streaks on the sides; caudal with 

 bands of brown dots. Head 3J; depth 4. D. 9; A. 11; scales 34-12. 

 Charleston, S. C. {Gunther.) 



(Haploddlns clirijsotiis Giinther, vi, 317.) 

 55'y. Z. zoBBatMS (Mitch.) Jor. 



Eye large, 2^ in head. Dorsal almost reaching the caudal, which is 



lanceolate. Sides with 12 black cross-bars ; dorsal and anal dotted with 



black; other fins immaculate. D. 7; A. 10. Head 4| in total length. 



South Carolina. (Giinther.) 



{lEsox zonafus Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. i, 443 : Fundulus zonatus C. & V. xviii, 

 196: Hajylochiliis zonatus Giinther, vi, 316.) 



55§. Z. ciugnlatus (C. &. V.) Jor. 



Anal rather larger than dorsal; sides with ten or twelve broad, well- 

 defined, vertical dark bars, nearly as broad as their interspaces; dorsal 

 with a large black spot posteriorly, immediately in front of which is a 

 white one; other fins immaculate. D. 8; A. 9. Head 3|. Coast of 

 New Jersey. [Giinther.) 



(Fundulus cingulatus C. & V. xviii, 197 (D. 8; A. 10): Hydrargyra lucice Bairil, Ninth 

 Smithsonian Rept. 1855, 344: Haplochilus lucice Giinther, vi, 316.) 



160.— tUCANIA Girard.* 

 (Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 118: type Lucania renusta Grd.) 



Mouth moderate, the snout not produced; both jaws with a single 

 series of conical teeth. Scales rather large. Dorsal and anal rays in 

 moderate number, the dorsal in advance of the anal; anal fin not 

 modified in the males. Very small fishes. (A coined name without 

 meaning.) 



* GIRARDINICHTHYS Bleeker. 

 (Limnurgus Giinther.) 

 (Bleeker, Cyprin. 1830, 481: type Girardinichthys innominatus.) 



Body stout. Mouth small, the upper jaw very protractile. Teeth small, subcylin- 

 djical, in a single series in each jaw. Scales rather small. Dorsal and anal fins long, 



