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  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

   Vol. 
  98 
  Washington: 
  1948 
  No. 
  3229 
  

  

  CYPRINODONT 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  GENUS 
  FUNDULUS 
  IN 
  

   THE 
  WEST 
  INDIES, 
  WITH 
  DESCRIPTION 
  OF 
  A 
  NEW 
  

   SUBSPECIES 
  FROM 
  CUBA 
  

  

  By 
  Ltjis 
  Rene 
  Rivas 
  * 
  

  

  Cyprinodont 
  fislies 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Fimdulits 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies 
  since 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes 
  (1846, 
  p. 
  198) 
  described 
  

   F' 
  fonticola 
  from 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  of 
  Puerto 
  Rico. 
  More 
  recently, 
  

   Fowler 
  (1916, 
  p. 
  418) 
  described 
  F. 
  ant'dlarum 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Martins. 
  A 
  third 
  form 
  {F. 
  grandis 
  saguanus), 
  described 
  as 
  new 
  in 
  

   the 
  present 
  paper, 
  was 
  collected 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  north-central 
  Cuba. 
  The 
  

   cyprinodont 
  described 
  from 
  western 
  Cuba 
  by 
  Eigenmann 
  (1903, 
  p. 
  

   222, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  as 
  Fundulus 
  cubensis, 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Ciibanichthys 
  Hubbs 
  

   (1926, 
  p. 
  4), 
  a 
  genus 
  allied 
  to 
  Chriopeops 
  (Fowler, 
  1916, 
  p. 
  425) 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  and 
  not 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Fundulus. 
  

  

  Until 
  now 
  most 
  authors 
  have 
  doubted 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  Fundulus 
  in 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Fundulus 
  fonticola 
  is 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  

   specimens, 
  despite 
  extensive 
  collecting 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  

   (Evermann 
  and 
  Marsh, 
  1902; 
  Nichols, 
  1929; 
  Hildebrand, 
  1935, 
  and 
  

   others). 
  Hildebrand 
  (1935, 
  p. 
  49) 
  wrote 
  about 
  F. 
  fonticola: 
  "The 
  

   type 
  and 
  presumably 
  the 
  only 
  know 
  specimen 
  of 
  F. 
  fonticola^ 
  is 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  mountain 
  spring 
  in 
  Puerto 
  Rico. 
  Poey's 
  

   record 
  (1881, 
  p. 
  342) 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciemies, 
  not 
  on 
  

   additional 
  specimens 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  Evermann 
  and 
  Marsh 
  (1902, 
  

   p. 
  97). 
  It 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  extremely 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  M. 
  Plee, 
  the 
  

   collector, 
  actually 
  obtained 
  these 
  fishes 
  in 
  Puerto 
  Rico. 
  Since 
  he 
  

  

  1 
  This 
  paper 
  was 
  prepared 
  at 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  author 
  

   Was 
  engaged 
  in 
  research 
  on 
  West 
  Indian 
  fishes 
  under 
  a 
  John 
  Simon 
  Guggenheim 
  Latin 
  

   American 
  Fellowship. 
  Marine 
  Laboratory, 
  University 
  of 
  Miami, 
  Contribution 
  No. 
  15. 
  

  

  215 
  

   790503—48 
  

  

  