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Darkbrownisli-black above, descending in irregular dark clouds 

 a sbort distance on the sides. Sides greenish-yellow, with 

 irregular vertical, brown stripes descending on the belly. 

 Dorsal and caudal fins dark brown; a short dark band from 

 the eye to the angle of the jaw. 



Fin-rays:— D. 15; P. 15; V. 9; A. 14; C. 19. 



E. niger, Guenther, VI. p. 229. 



Esox scomberius, Mitchill. 



— niger, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. I. p. 415. 



— americanus, Cuv. & Val. XVIII. p. 329. 



— fasciatus, DeKay, JSTew Yorir Faun. Fish, p. 224, pi. 34, 

 iig. 110; Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phil. 1865, p. 79. 



In Maryland, probably confined to the Eastern Shore. 

 Specimens scarcely, if at all, now reach the Baltimore 

 markets. 



XLIV-UMBRIDE. 



UMBRA, Kramer. 



U. limi. 



Has the shape of Fundulus viridescens. Back nearly 

 straight, flat, and slightly depressed in front of dorsal fin. 

 Head flattened above, slightly descending to the pointed snout. 

 Scales large. Eyes large, near the snout; mouth small. Olive- 

 brown, 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-brown. 

 The dorsal fin of fifteen rays is placed far back, and has the 

 third ray longest. Length, 2 to 3i inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 15; P. 15; V. 6;'"a. 10; C. 12. 

 U. limi, G-uenther, VI. p. 232. 



Hijdrargijra limi, Kirtl. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. III. p, 

 211, pi. 2, fig.4. 



— atricauda, DeKay, New York Fauna. Fishes, p. 220. 

 — fusca, Thompson, Nat. Hist. Vermont, p. 131. 

 Fundulus fuscus, Ayres, Boston^Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. p. 



206, pi. 13, fig. 2. 



Common in the Patapsco region where the water is brackish 

 and where small creeks empty into the estuaries. 



Acad. Coll. 



