Ui 



XLiv.— T :\rinai)yE. 



UMP.PvA, Kramer. 



I'. I.I.Mr. 



Ha.s the tsliapo of F. riridesccn-s. J:>ack nearly strai.^'btj 

 llat. ami slightly depressed in ironf ui" doi'sal liii. Head 

 flattened al)ove, slioditly descending- to tlie pointe^l snout. 

 Scales large;. l\yes large, near the snoul : nunith small. Olive- 

 hrown, with numerous transverse bars across the body and 

 tail: a distinct black line in the course of the lateral line; 

 across the tail is a broad, black bar: fins light olive-brov/n. 

 The dorsal tin of hfteen i-ays is jilaced far back, ami has the 

 third ray longest. 



Fin-rays:— 1), i:.: P. 15: V. (i: A. lo: ( '. 12. 

 IJ. Unu, (luenther. \l. p. 282. 



Hjl(lr(i.ryiir<i liuii, Kirtl. Post, douin. Xat. Hist. 111. p. 

 277. pi. '2. lig.4. 



— <il rir<iii(hi ^ DeKay, New \<n-k l:'auna. l^'ishes, p. 220. 



— fused ^ Thonipson, Nat. Hist. Yerniont. p. ^?)1 . 

 h^iiiKlnhis firsi-ii.s, Ayres, JJoston Jouni. Nat. Hist. 1\ . ]>. 



20(;, j)j. ];;, tig. 2. 



Common in the I'atapscu region where the water is brackish 

 and wliere small creeks em|)ty into the et^tuaries. 

 Ac.vi). (*OLL. 



XLV.— CYPllINODOXriDyE. 



FUNDUDT^S, Lacep.' 

 F. viuinEscKXs. 



The Miid-Diibbler. Big Killie, or Minnow. 



P>ody elongated, c}'lindrical, tialtened a-bo\e, much coj]!- 

 ii'essed (in the sides of the lail. Scales lai'ge: Vt^yy lar^'e i>n 



