THE CYPRINODONTS. 95 



Adinia multifasciata. 



Plate III. Fig. 3, teeth. 



Adinia multifasciata Grd., 1859, P. Pbil. Ac, 117, — Mex. Bd. Surv., pi. 38, fig. 12-14, said to be an 

 immature female ; Jor. & C, 1877, B. Buf. Soc, III, 142; Jor., 1878, B. U. S. G. Surv., IV, 411, 434, — 

 1887, Rep. U. S. P. Com., 836. 



Gambusia multifasciata Blkr., 1860, Cypr., 485. 



Fitndulus {Adinia) xenicus Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 892. 



Fundubis xenicus G. & B., 1883, P. U. S. Mus., V, 239; Jor. & G., 1883, P. U. S. Mus., V, 255; 

 Everm., 1893, B. U. S. F. Com., 1891, p. 85. 



B. 5; D. 9-10; A. 11; V. 6; P. 12-14; LI. 25-27; Ltr. 8-9; Vert. 

 12 + 16. 



Body short, much compressed, deep, considerably arched on the back. 

 Head narrow below, broader and flattened on the crown, length equal depth 

 of body, or one third of the length from snout to caudal. Snout short, nar- 

 row, somewhat pointed. Mouth medium, narrow, lower jaw longer, upper 

 very protractile. Teeth conical, hooked, outer series larger, in open order ; 

 pharyngeal few in number, hooked, bearing a shoulder. Eye large, one third 

 of head, three fourths of interorbital space. Dorsal origin half way from 

 the middle of the eye to the base of the caudal ; rays strong, spinelike, fourth 

 or fifth above the first of the anal. Intestine short. 



Light olivaceous, silvery below, brown on top of head ; with about nine 

 silvery bands across the flank, more distinct toward the tail ; a darker band 

 across the bases of the caudal rays. On young specimens the sides are more 

 silvery and the bands more distinct and numerous. 



This species differs from the other Funduli in the greater compression of 

 the body and the stronger dorsal rays. The individual described had a 

 length of one and three eighths inches. 



Texas. 



FUNDULUS. 



Fundulus LaC, 1803, Poiss., V, pp. xx, 37; Cuv., 1829, R. An., II, 280,-1836, R. An., I, 533; 

 Val., 1828, Humb. Obs. Zool., II, 160, 162,-1846, C. V. Poiss., XVIII, 178 ; Wagn , 1828, Isis, XXI, 

 1056; Schinz, 1336, Nat. u. Abbild., 217; M'Clell., 1839, As. Res., XIX (2), 424; Swains, 1839, Class., 

 II, 311; DeK., 1842, N. Y. Fish., 216; Blkr., 1860, Cypr., 483,-1863, Atl., Ill, 140; Gill, 1861, N. A. 

 Fish, 52, — 1865, Can. Nat,, extr. p. 16; Gthr., 1866, Cat., VI, 318, — 1880, Iutr„615; Stor., 1867, Mass. 

 Fish, 127 ; Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 331 ; Seeley, 1886, Fish. Eur., pp. 22, 371. Fondule Guer., 

 1838, loon. Poiss., 29 ; Dum., 1856, Ichth., 411, 440. Fundulince Gill, 1894, Mem. Acad., VI, 133. Hy- 

 drarc/ira LaC, 1803, Poiss., V, 378; Les., 1817, Jour. Phil. Ac., I, 126; Stor., 1839, Mass. Fish., 93. 

 Hjdrargyra Stor., 1846, Syn., 180, —Mem. Am. Ac., II, 432, — 1867, Mass. Fish, 131 ; Poey, 1855, Mem., 

 I, 382 ; Blkr., 1860, Cypr., 483, — 1863, All., Ill, 140 ; Gill, 1865, Can. Nat., ex. p. 16 ; Jor. & G., 1SS2, B. 

 16 U. S. Mus., 331. Hydrargyrinre, Gill, 1861, N. A. Fish, 51, — 1865, Can. Nat. Uydrargyre Dum., 1856, 

 Ichth., 411, 441. Pcecilia Stor., 1846, Syuops., 178,— Mem. Am. Ac, II, 430. Xenisma Jor. & C, 1877, 

 B. Buf. Soc, III, 142 ; Jor. & B., 1878, B. 12 U. S. Mus., 48, 62, 77; Jor., 1878, B. U. S. G. Surv., IV, 

 411, 433, — I8S9, P. U. S. Mus., XI, 356 ; Jor. & G., 1882, B. 10 U. S. Mus., 336. 



