Number 148 April 26, 1924 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 

 Ann Arbor, Michigan Published by the University 



STUDIES OF THE FISHES OF THE OKDER 

 CYPRINODONTES 



V. Notes on Species of Goodea and Skiffia 



By Carl L. Hubbs 



The species of Goodea and Skiffia belong to a peculiar group 

 of viviparous cyprinodonts, the family Goodeidae, which has 

 been discussed in the first paper of this series. The fishes of 

 this family form a large element in the highly distinctive 

 Lerma River fauna of Mexico.^ 



II 



Genus Goodea Jordan 



Goodea Jordan, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., 2, 1879, p. 299; Jordan and 

 Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 47, pt. 1, 1896, p. 685; Meek, Publ. 

 Field Mus., Zool., 3, 1902, p. 100; ibid., 5, 1904, p. 136; Eegan, Biol. 

 Cent.-Am., Pisces, 1908, p. 90; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8)7, 1911, 

 p. 325. — Haplotype, Goodea atripmiiis Jordan. 



Xene7ulum Jordan and Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 19, 1899 

 (1900), p. 127. — Orthotype, Xcnendum calienie Jordan and Snyder = 

 Goodea atripinnis Jordan. 



1 See Meek, Puhl. Field ilns., Zool, 5, 1904, pp. xxxvii-lii, 109-124, 

 136-144. 



