86 TELEOSTEI : HAPLOMI XIV. 



205. P. zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert. Body slender, the head 

 long; fins low; greenish, sides silvery white, with 14 to 18 cross- 

 bars of the color of the back ; fins plain. Head 3f ; depth 4f . 

 D. 14. A. 13. Scales 60-21. L. 3. Kansas to Texas. (Lat., 

 like a zebra.) 



90. ZYGONECTES Agassiz. (fryov, yoke ; i/q/cn/s, swimmer ; 



they being said to swim in pairs.) 'V^ 



a. Sides with a broad blue-black lateral band; vertical fins dotted. 



206. Z. notatus (Rafinesque). TOP-MINNOW. Body rather 

 elongate; head low; snout long; eye 3 in head; fins moderate; 

 outer teeth enlarged ; lateral band darkest in g , serrated in young ; 

 back dotted ; a translucent spot on top of head. Head 4 ; depth 

 4. D. 9. A. 11. Scales 34-11. L. 3. Mich, to Ala. and Tex., 

 abundant in quiet waters. (Lat., noted, i. e. spotted.) 



aa. Sides with 10 to 12 dark vertical bars, but without longitudinal stripes ; 

 D. in cf with a large black ocellus, edged before with white, behind 

 by yellow. 



207. Z. luciae (Baird). Body rather elongate; green-yellow 

 below. Head about 3^ ; depth about 4. D. 8. A. 9. Scales un- 

 described, probably about 35. L. 1. Beesley's Point, N. J., not 

 lately recognized. (Named for Lucy Baird, daughter of Professor 

 Baird.) 



aaa. Sides with about 10 stripes of orange-brown following the rows of scales, 

 a spot on each ; <f with the lines interrupted and with 9 dark cross- 

 bars ; a black blotch below eye. 



208. Z. dispar Agassiz. Body deep, compressed; head short, 

 very broad ; fins low ; D. much smaller than A. Bluish olive, 

 lateral stripes wavy. Head 3f ; depth 3. D. 7. A. 9. Scales 

 35-10. L. 2. Lakes and ponds, Ohio to Iowa. (Lat., dissim- 

 ilar.) 



aaaa. Sides plain olivaceous, without spots or lines. 



209. Z. sciadicua (Cope). Body short, deep ; fins small. Head 

 3; depth about 3J. D. 10. A. 12. Scales 39-13. L. 2. Platte 

 R. etc. 



91. LUCANIA Girard. (A name of euphony without meaning.) 



210. L. parva (Baird & Girard). RAIN-WATER FISH. Body 

 rather deep, dark olive. D. dusky orange with black and orange 

 ocellus at base in front ; other fins chiefly orange ; 9 larger, the 

 fins plain. Head 3; depth about 3. D. 10. A. 10. Scales 26-8. 

 L. 2. L. I. to Key West, in tide pools, etc. (Lat., small.) . 



