PCECILIIDA. 73 
Family: PasciLiipAé. 
Genus: FUNDULUS. 
ey to Spectes. 
A. No broad, black lateral band. 
B. Dorsal fin of 12 or 13 rays.— ° diaphanus. 
BB. Dorsal fin of 7 rays.— dispar. 
AA. A broad, black lateral band, its ed es notched; dorsal fin of 9 rays.— notatus. 
Fundulus diaphanus menona (Jordan and Copeland). 
Head 3%; depth 5. D.12; A. 10; scales 48-12. Body rather slender, 
not elevated, compressed posteriorly. Head flattened above. Fins rather 
small and low. General color olivaceous, below pale, sides somewhat silvery; 
back always spotted; sides with about 16 distinct, irregular, dark bands, 
these often replaced by the same number of shining, silvery bands narrower 
than the interspaces. Length 3% inches. 
Taken only in the northern part of the state, where in suitable 
places itis common. ‘‘ Taken once near Lorain, common near 
Huron and Put-in-Bay,’’ McCormick, 1892; ‘‘ Maumee river at 
Toledo, abundant,’’ Kirsch, 1893; noted commonly by Prof. 
D. S. Kellicott, E. B. Williamson and the writer in Sandusky 
Bay in 1896, and again by the writer in 1899 and 1goo. 
Fundulus dispar (Agassiz). 
Head 33/; depth 3%. D. 7; A. 9; scales 35-10. Body short and deep, 
much compressed. Head short and very broad, the distance between the 
eyes above greater than the distance between them below. Snout broadly 
rounded. Dorsal fin much smaller than anal. Color pale olive, bluish in 
life; about 10 longitudinal, wavy, brown stripes along sides formed by the 
dark edges of the scales. Males have these stripes interrupted and have 
about g dark crossbars; a black blotch below eye. Length 2% inches. 
Given for Ohio by Jordan (Ohio Rept.), and Jordan and 
Evermann (Bull. 47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) Dr. B. W. Evermann, 
in a recent letter regarding this species, says: ‘‘I learned of its 
occurrence in the Celina reservoir through students of mine who 
seined there. No record was published, however.’’ 
Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque). Top MINNow. 
Head 4; depth 4%; eye 3. D.9; A. It or 12; scales 34-11. Body 
slender, compressed posteriorly. Head depressed, rather long, the snout 
somewhat produced; interorbital space half the length of head. Color oliva- 
ceous or brownish olive, with a broad, blackish lateral band from tip of 
