86 TELEOSTEI : IIAPLOMI — XIV. 



20J. F. zebrinus Jordan & (iilhcrt. Body slender, the head 

 long; fins low; greenish, sides silvery white, with 14 to 18 cross- 

 bars of the color of the back; fins j)lain. Head 3g ; dejjth 4|. 

 I). 14. A. 13. Scales GU-21. L. 3. Kansas to Texas. (Lau, 

 liko a zebra.) 



90 ZYGONECTES Agassiz. (fuyoi/, yoke ; vfjKTijs, swimmer ; 

 thoy being said to swim in pairs.) 



a. Sides with a broad blue-black lateral band; vertical fins dotted. 



20(;. Z. notatus (Ilafinesciue). Top-mixnow. Body rather 

 elongate; bead low; snout long; eye 3 in bead; fins moderate; 

 outer teeth enlarged; lateral band darkest in ^, serrated in young; 

 back dotted ; a translucent spot on top of head. Head 4 ; depth 

 4^. I). 9. A. 11. Scales 34-11. L. 3. Mich, to Ala. and Tex., 

 abundant in quiet waters. (Lat., noted, t. e. spotted.) 



aa. Sides witli 10 to 12 dark vertical bars, but without lonpitudinal stripes; 

 D. in (f with a large black ocellus, edged before with white, beliind 

 by yellow. 



207. Z. luciae (Raird). Body rather elongate ; green-yellow 

 below. Head about 3^ ; depth about 4. D. 8. A. 9. Scales un- 

 described, probably about 3.5. L. 1. Beesley's Point, N. J., not 

 lately recognized. (Named for Lucy Baird, daughter of Professor 

 Baird.) 



euia. Sides with about 10 stripes of orange-brown following the rows of scales, 

 a spot on each; cf with the lines interrupted and with 9 dark cross- 

 bars ; a black blotch below eye. 



208. Z. dispar Agassiz. Body deep, compressed ; head short, 

 very broad ; fins low ; D. much smaller than A. Bluish olive, 

 lateral stripes wavy. Head 3|; de]ith 8^. 1). 7. A. 9. Scales 

 35-10. L. 2^. Lakes and ponds, Ohio to Iowa. (Lat., dissim- 

 ilar.) 



auaa. Sides plain olivaceous, without spots or lines. 



209. Z. BCiadicus (Cope). Body short, deep ; fins small. Head 

 3^; depth about 3 J. D. 10. A. 12. Scales 39-13. L. 2. Platte 

 K. etc. 



91. LUCANIA Girard. (.\ name of euphony without meaning.) 



210. L. parva (Baird & Girard). 1\.m.\-\v.\tku Fish. Body 

 rather deep, ^ dark olive. I), dusky oran-^e with lilack and orange 

 ocellus at base in front ; other fins chietly «irange ; 9 larger, the 

 fins plain. Head 3^; depth about 3. I). 10. A. 10. Scales 2G-8. 

 L. 2. L. L to Key West, in tide jiool.s, etc. (Lat., small.) 



