324 CTPRINODONTID^. 



11. Fuudulns multifasciatiis. 



Ilvdrargyra multifasciata, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Fhilad. i. 



1817, p. 131. 

 Fundulus multifasciatiis, Cuv. 8f Vol. xviii. p. 200 j Cope, Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sc. Fhilad. 1865, p. 78. 



D. 14. A. 12. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a half in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and 

 three-fourths. Origin of the dorsal in advance of that of the anal, 

 nearer to the extremity of the snout than to that of the caudal ; 

 pectoral extending somewhat beyond the base of the ventral. Body 

 with about fifteen olive-brown cross bands. 



United States. 



a. One inch and a half long. Freshpond, Cambridge. Presented 

 by Th. Moore, Esq. 



12. Fundulus pisculentus. 



Esox pisculentus, Mitch. Lit. Hf Phil. Trans. New York, i. p. 441. 

 ? Hydrargjrra diaphana, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. i. 1817, 



p. 13C. 

 Fundulus pisculentus, Cuv. 8f Val. xviii. p. 190 ; Storer, Mem,. Am. 



Ac. V. p. 294, pi. 23. figs. 3 & 4. 



D. 11-14. A. 13-12. V. 6. L. lat. 34. 



Body elongate, its height being two-elevenths of the total length 

 (with the caudal) ; the length of the head is two-ninths of the same. 

 Eye large, its diameter being two-sevenths of the length of the 

 head. Lower jaw prominent. Dorsal square, low behind, its origin 

 being somewhat behind the middle of the total length, and conspi- 

 cuously in advance of that of the anal. Caudal truncate. Olive- 

 coloured above, paler below, sides dotted with black. 



Tidal waters of the United States. 



a. Female, 2|- inches long. Salem Harbour, Massachussetts. Pre- 

 sented by Th. Moore, Esq. 



13. Fundulus zebra. 



Hydrargyra zebra, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 60 

 (not Fundulus zebra, Dekay). 



D. 13. A. 14. V. 5. 



The length of the head is two-ninths of the total (with the caudal) ; 

 body elongate. Eye one-foiu-th of the length of the head. Dorsal 

 fin longer than high, its origin, in the male, being nearly midway 

 between the end of the snout and the hinder margin of the caudal, 

 whilst in the female it is situated more posteriorly, but always in 

 advance of the origin of the anal. Anal fin as long as deep in the 

 male, and deeper than long in the female; its anterior margin, in 

 the female, is overlapped by the termination of the oviduct. About 

 sixteen black cross bars, somewhat narrower than the interspaces, 



