Storer's St/7iopsis of the Fishes of North America. 181 



black, vertical bands, varying; in their number from ten to twenty, or even more. Lower 

 portion of sides, as well as of the abdomen, of a beautiful yellowish green. A large black 

 blotch upon the operculum. A black spot upon the posterior rays of the dorsal tin, which is 

 violet-colored ; caudal orange-colored, margined at its extremity with black ; anal emargi- 

 nated posteriorly. 



D. 14 to 10. P. 1G to 18. V. G. A. 11. C. 18 to 23. Length, 1 to 4 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Ayres. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Eso: Vew York Gudgeon, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 439, pi. 4, fig. 8. 



Cyprinodon Qavulus, Val., Humboldt el Bonpland, ii. p. 101, pi. 62, tig. 3. 



Hydrargyra trifasciata, Storer, Bosl. Journ. Nat. Hist., I. p. 417. 



Hydrargyra fluvula, Storer's Report, p. 9.3. 



Hydrargyra forraosa (male), Storer, Proceed. Bost Soc. Nat. Hist., p 



Fundulus fascialus, Striped KHIifish, Dekay's Report, p. 21G, pi. 31. fig. 93. 



Hydrargyra Ilavula, Mitch., Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p.2G7. 



4. Hydrargyra diaphana, Lesueur. 



Body diaphanous, with sixteen irregular transverse brown bands confluent on the back. 

 Back and upper part of the head brown-olive, lower parts while ; sides with delicate blue 

 tints. Dorsal almost double the size of the anal fin. 



D. 13. P. 18. V. 6. A. 12. C. 18|. Length, 5 inches. 



Saratoga Lake, New York, Lesueur. 



Hydrargyra diaphana, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. So , t. p. 130. 



" Transparent Minnow, Dekay's Report, p. 219. 



5. Hydrargyra multifasciata, Lesueur. 



Fifty transverse bands on the sides, alternately olive-brown and blue. Dorsal and anal 



almost equal. Extremities of pectorals extending beyond the base of the ventrals. 



D. 14. P. 18. V. 6. A. 12. C. 16|. Length, 3 inches. 



New York, Lesueur. 



Hydrargyra multifasciata, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, i. p. 131. 

 Barred Minnow, Dekay's Report, p. 220. 



6. Hydrargyra ornata, Lesueur. 



Sides of a bright blue, with small white spots, and ornamented with fifteen or sixteen 

 transverse, narrow silvery stripes; dorsal clear blue, with yellow spots, posteriorly marked 

 with a large, deep-blue patch, surrounded with a white band, and another of blue. Back 

 elevated. Dorsal and anal large. 



D. 11. P. 18. V. 6. A. 12. C. 18?. Length, 3 inches. 



Massachusetts, Lesueur, Storer. Delaware River, Lesueur. 



Hydrargyra ornata, Lesueur, .Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, I. p. 131. 



" Ornamented Minnow, Storer's Report, p. 94. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 221. 



