THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 185 
Fundulus majalis (Walbaum). 
Minnow. Killi Fish. May Fish. 
Head 3%; depth 4; D. 111, 10; A. 111, 8; scales 35 in a lateral 
series to base of caudal and 3 more on latter; 15 scales between 
origin of dorsal and that of anal; 23 scales before dorsal; first 
branched dorsal ray 154 in head; second branched anal ray 1% ; 
caudal 114; pectoral 1%; ventral 2%; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 24%; snout 3% in head measured from tip of upper 
jaw; eye 514; maxillary 334; interorbital space 3. Body rather 
long, hardly elevated, and little compressed. Caudal peduncle 
deep and compressed. Head attenuate in profile, flattened or 

May Fish. Fundulus majalis (Walbaum). (Young.) 
depressed above. Snout long, depressed. Eye small, circular, 
high, and near first % in length of head. Mouth small, very 
protractile, and mandible projecting in front. ‘Teeth fine, in 
bands in jaws. Nostril close to front of eye above. Interorbital 
space broad and flat. Gill-rakers 6 short fleshy points on first 
arch. Scales large, especially those on top of head, and others be- 
coming reduced on base of caudal. Origin of dorsal nearer that 
of pectoral than base of caudal, and all branched radii highest 
and subequal. Anal begins a trifle behind origin of dorsal, its de- 
pressed tip reaching further than that of dorsal, though not quite 
opposite base of caudal, and third ray longest. Caudal rounded. 
Pectoral short and rounded, reaching ventral. Ventral inserted 
