THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 281 
Family UMBRIDZ. 
Umbra pygmeza (De Kay). 
Mud Minnow. 
Found in choked up cut-offs of Mantua Creek above Mantua, 
April 8th, by Mr. S. H. Hamilton and myself. Mostly small in 
size. One several inches long was very pale olive-brown in color, 
without trace of dusky markings on back. 
Found abundant in the sphagnum of running water of the 
cut-offs of forks of Cedar Swamp Creek. Some were very pale. 
December 31st, 1905, and April 16th, 1906. G. Z. Hartman, 
T. D. Keim, and H. W. Fowler. 
Melanura linu Abbott, Pop. Sci. Month., VII, 1875, p. 108. 
Family PQ@ECILIIDZ. 
Fundulus majalis (Walbaum). 
Rock Minnow. 
Abundant about the warm shallows back of Sea Isle City, July 
21st, 1906. They were found in rather compact schools of about 
Rock Minnow. Fundulus majalis (Walbaum). (Male.) 
50 to 200. Their colors harmonize well with the sandy-bottoms 
so that they are usually not so easily detected unless moving 
about. They all swim together though are easily hauled out in a 
