106 THE CYPRINODONTS. 



Fundulus similis. 



Uyirargyra similis B. & G., 1853, P. Phil. Ac, VI, 389 ; Gid., 1839, Mex. Bd., Fish, 68, pi. 35, fig. 1-8 ; 

 Blkr., 1860, Cypr., 486; Put, 1863, B. M. C. Z., p. 13; Jor. & C, 1877, B. Buf. Soc, III, 141 ; Jor., 

 1878, B. U. S. G. Sur„ IV, 400, 433 ; G. & B., 1880, P. U. S. Mus., II, 151. 



Fimdulus similis Gtbr., 1866, Cat., VI, 323 ; G. & B., 1883, P. II. S. Mus., V, 239 ; Jor. & G., 1883, 

 P. U. S. Mus., V, 252, 619; Jor., 1885, P. U. S. Mus., VII, 109, 322; Jor. & S., 1885, P. U. S. Mus., 

 VII, 230; Heush., 1891, B. U. S. F. Com., IX, 374; Everm., 1893, B. U. S. F. Com., 1891, p. 84; Everm. 

 &K., 1894, B. U. S. F. Com., 1892, pp. 66, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 92, 106. 



Fimdulus {Hydrargyra) similis Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 331, 333, 891; Jor., 1887, R. U. S. 

 F. Com., 836. 



B. 6 ; D. 14-12 ; A. 11-10 ; V. 6 ,• P. 18 ; LI. 35-33 ; Ltr. 13-12 ; Vert. 

 15 + 19. 



Similar to F. majalis in shape, but with longer snout and different color- 

 ation. Back considerably arched above the pectorals. Head elongate, one 

 third of length to base of caudal, subquadrate in transsection, crown flat or 

 slightly concave longitudinally. Snout long, twice the eye, as wide as deep, 

 slightly turned iipward in larger individuals, blunt; chin steep. Mouth 

 wide, oblique, lower jaw longer, upper protractile. Teeth conical, in bands, 

 outer series longer ; pharyngeal with a shoulder, median resembling molars. 

 Eye medium, twice in the snout, one and one half times in the interorbital 

 space, four and one half times in the head. Three series of scales below the 

 eye on the cheek. Dorsal origin about midway from opercle to base of 

 caudal, little forward of that of anal. Base of anal opposed to that of 

 dorsal, not reaching as far forward, and hardly as far backward. On 

 males anal and dorsal are more or less pointed and the former has a 

 slight indentation on the outer border, behind the point. Anal rays 

 longer than those of dorsal. Caudal deep, two thirds as long as head, 

 truncate. 



Light olivaceous to yellowish, back darker, centres of scales lighter, sil- 

 very to brownish on the flanks, white to yellow beneath. With eight to 

 twenty narrow bars of brown across the flank. The following are either 

 present or absent according to the individual or sex : a blackish spot at the 

 upper angle of the opercle, cloudings or spots in the fins, a black spot at the 

 upper end of the hindmost bar on the base of the caudal, a dark band 

 across the hind edge of the caudal, and an ocellate spot on the hinder rays of 

 the dorsal. Cheeks commonly silvery. Largest specimen six and one half 

 inches in length. 



Texas ; Louisiana ; Alabama ; Florida. 



