Family XI. Pcsciliid^e. 105 



Head 3^; depth 3^4', D. 14; A. 15; scales 11-30. Body robust, 

 profile from nape slightly concave; top of head broad, slightly convex ; 

 snout not much depressed, 37^ in head; lower jaw slightly the longer; 

 teeth pointed, in a band in both jaws, the outer series the larger; 

 eye small, 4^ in head; interorbital space 2I in head; origin of the 

 dorsal fin slightly in advance of the anal, midway between tip of 

 caudal fin and posterior margin of the eye; base of dorsal 2% in head, 

 its height slightly more than half the head; pectoral i| in head; 

 ventral 2% in head; caudal fin subtruncate; peritoneum black; 

 alimentary canal shorter than the total length of the fish. 



Color brownish olive, a dark spot in the middle of each scale; 

 these spots more prominent on the posterior half of the body 

 of males from i]4 to 1 ^ inches in length ; males usually with a row 

 of spots on base of the dorsal and anal fins ; young with a few faint 

 dark cross bars on the sides, becoming a faint dark lateral band in 

 the larger females. Length about 2]/^ inches. 



This species is so far known only from the type locality. Time 

 of spawning about the third week in May. A female 2.05 inches 

 in length contained 100 eggs. 



92. Fundulus vinctus Jordan & Gilbert. 



Fundidus vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 

 355; Cape San Lucas, Lower California (probably from pools 

 about La Paz): Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1896, 637. 



Southern portion of Lower California. 



Head 3^; depth \ l A,\ D. 12; A. 11; scales about 10-31. Body 

 little elongate, compressed posteriorly; head large, very broad and 

 somewhat depressed above; mouth moderate; teeth in narrow bands, 

 the outer much enlarged ; interorbital space 2 in head ; dorsal fin a 

 little in advance of the anal, its origin midway between base of caudal 

 and occiput; pectoral 173 in head; caudal i±; scales comparatively 

 large. 



Color olivaceous, with about 23 narrow silvery bars with undulat- 

 ing edges, the bars narrower than the darker interspaces; fins all 

 plain. (J. & G.) Length about 2^ inches. 



This species is known only from the type locality, which is prob- 

 ably La Paz instead of Cape San Lucas, as given in the original 

 description. (Jordan.) 



93. Fundulus similis (Baird & Girard). Sac-a-lait. 

 Hydrargyra similis Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 



1853, 389; Indianola, Texas: Jordan, Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur., 

 1878, 400; Rio Grande, Brownsville, Texas. 



