1 4!) 



its markiiiii,'s, tlic sli'i])('s Ixmiil;' (iflcii ohsnK-ic and only imli ■ 

 eated l)y doU <»!■ short lines. 

 Acad. Coi.i.. 



3. F. HETEROCLlTrS. 



Mud-Dalibler. 



The heit;lit ul' the body e<junls tlie leiig'th (if the liead, and 

 is eontained tlirice and two-tliirds in tlie total leni^th (witli- 

 oiit caudal) : males liave the hndy coinpaiativeiy shortei'. 

 ( 'oloration uniform (inspirits.) 



Fin-rays: — L). 11: F. 17: V. ir. A. 11; 0. 11)5. 



F. ]ieU'i-(>dlhi-s, Cluenther, VI, ]>. IJIS. 



(JnhUh hetcrodjila, L. Syst. Xat. l.]i. 501). 



Fata])Sco Iiiver, ])articuhir]y aiound Ihe shoi<'s ok" I he coves 

 in the vicinity of Salt-marshes. 



Acad. (*oi,l. 



4. V. !'iS(i'i,i-:xTUS. 



Miimmicliog, or Oriiaineiitcfl Minnow. 



Body obloui;-, stout, compressed l)ehind. Top of liead and 

 liack llattened. Head one-fourth of the length of hsh. I'e- 

 male of a uniform ])rowu color. Male, lit^'hter at intervals 

 ui)ou the sides, presenting the appearance of transverse hands. 

 Dorsal and anal tins with hlack dots. 



Fin-rays: — 1). 12: F. lo: V. 0; A. D— 10; C. 20. 



F. piseiilenius, (luenther, VT, ]>. 324. 



Esox plKcnlenfKS, Mitch. Lit. ^' Fhil. Ti-aiis. New A'ork, I, 

 p. 441. 



Fmuhdus pisadentn-^, Cuv, cV' Val., XYIII, ]). l'.)0; Storer, 

 Mem. Am. Ac, V, p. 294, pi. 23, figs. 3 and 4. 



Abunda)it in the Fatapsco Kiver, and sv.ims in small slioals 

 near the shores in muddy coves at the mouths of creeks, it 

 is an excellent hait for other tislies. 



A('AD. (*oll. 



