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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  habit 
  shallow, 
  salt, 
  or 
  brackish 
  coastal 
  waters 
  where 
  the 
  bottom 
  is 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  mud. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  whether 
  F. 
  antillar-um 
  was 
  collected 
  

   in 
  salt, 
  brackish, 
  or 
  fresh 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  identities 
  of 
  F. 
  fonticola 
  and 
  F. 
  antillarmn 
  cannot 
  be 
  definitely 
  

   established 
  until 
  a 
  comparative 
  study 
  of 
  specimens 
  is 
  made. 
  During 
  

   a 
  recent 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sciences 
  of 
  Philadelphia 
  I 
  

   intended 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  type 
  specimens 
  of 
  F. 
  antillarum, 
  but 
  Henry 
  W. 
  

   Fowler, 
  curator 
  of 
  fishes, 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  locate 
  them. 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  study. 
  — 
  Measurements 
  are 
  expressed 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   times 
  a 
  given 
  part 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  standard 
  length, 
  measured 
  from 
  

   the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  (anterior 
  tip 
  of 
  upper 
  lip) 
  to 
  the 
  caudal 
  base; 
  the 
  

   head 
  length, 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  bony 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  opercle 
  ; 
  or 
  in 
  other 
  base 
  lengths 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  postorbital, 
  interor- 
  

   bital, 
  predorsal, 
  and 
  caudal 
  peduncle. 
  The 
  postorbital 
  was 
  measured 
  

   between 
  the 
  posterior 
  fleshy 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  orbit 
  and 
  the 
  extreme 
  bony 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  opercle. 
  The 
  interorbital 
  was 
  considered 
  as 
  its 
  least 
  

   fleshy 
  width. 
  The 
  predorsal 
  length 
  was 
  measured 
  from 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   snout 
  to 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  

   is 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   caudal 
  fin 
  base. 
  The 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  was 
  considered 
  as 
  the 
  over- 
  

   all 
  width, 
  including 
  the 
  lips. 
  All 
  measurements 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  

   stepped 
  off 
  with 
  fine-pointed 
  dividers. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  ray 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  was 
  considered 
  as 
  a 
  double 
  

   ray 
  split 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  All 
  pectoral 
  and 
  pelvic 
  rays 
  were 
  counted 
  as 
  

   single 
  rays. 
  The 
  transverse 
  scale 
  rows 
  were 
  counted 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  opercular 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  caudal 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  rows 
  

   were 
  counted 
  between 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  bases, 
  not 
  including 
  the 
  ir- 
  

   regular 
  rows 
  immediately 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  origin. 
  Other 
  measurements 
  

   and 
  counts 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  are 
  self 
  explanatory. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  the 
  description 
  the 
  measurements 
  and 
  counts 
  of 
  the 
  

   holotype 
  are 
  given 
  first, 
  followed 
  in 
  parentheses 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  

   and 
  male 
  paratypes, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  semicolon. 
  

  

  Drs. 
  Leonard 
  P. 
  Schultz 
  and 
  Robert 
  R. 
  Miller, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  have 
  kindly 
  checked 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  manuscript, 
  

   offering 
  valuable 
  suggestions. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  grateful 
  to 
  the 
  Sanchez 
  

   family 
  of 
  Central 
  Resulta, 
  Sagua 
  La 
  Grande, 
  for 
  their 
  kind 
  hospitality 
  

   and 
  help 
  during 
  my 
  stay 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  

  

  FUNDULUS 
  GRANDIS 
  SAGUANUS, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  guasabolo 
  

  

  Plate 
  14 
  

  

  Description.— 
  Greatest 
  depth 
  of 
  body 
  3.6 
  (3.5 
  to 
  3.8; 
  3.2 
  to 
  3.6) 
  in 
  

   standard 
  length, 
  1.1 
  (1.1 
  or 
  1.2; 
  1.1 
  or 
  1.2) 
  in 
  head. 
  Head 
  3.0 
  (2.8 
  to 
  

  

  