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ESOCIDiE. 



COMMON EASTERN PICKEREL ; GREEN PIKE. Esox reticulatus, Lesueur. 

 BANDED PICKEREL. Esox americanus, Gmelin. 



CYPPvINODONTID.E. 



r Girardinus fomiosus, Gid. 



Gambbusia patruelis, (B. and G.) Girard. 



Zygonectes cingulatus,, (C. and V.) Jor. 



MINNOWS. -{ Zygonectes zonatus, (]Mitoh,) Jor. 

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Zygonectes chrysotus, (Giinther) Jor. 



'Zygonectes melanops, (Cope) Jor. 



j^ ?Zygonectes atrilatus, Jordan and Brayton. 



COMMON KILLTFISH; MUMMICHOG ; SALT-WATER MINNOW. Fundulus 



heteroclitus, (L.) Gimther. 



? Fundulus nigrofasciatus, (Le S.) C and V. 



Fundulus similis, (Baird and Girard) Gthr. 



KILLIFISH ; MAYFISH ; ROCKFISH. Fundulus majalis, (Walb.) Gthr. 



Fundulus swampius, (Lac.) Gthr. 



? Cyprinodon variegatus, Lacepede. 



AMBl YOPSID^. 

 BLIND-FISH. Chologaster cornutus, Agassiz. 



ORDER ISOSPONDYLI. ISOSPONDYLOUS FISHES. 



A veiy large order, of which many representatives are Avell known, 

 but which it is dificult to define on account of the hick of positive char- 

 acters. The vertebrate, mouth and gills are normal. The latter are 

 four in number, and behind the last is a slit. In several families, 

 notably in the Salmonidse, an adipose, rayless fin is found on the back. 

 The order has nearly a hundred representatives in North America, in- 

 cluding the Salmons, Herrings, and other very important food-fishes. 



SALMONIDyE. 



BROOK TROUT ; SPECKLED TROUT. Salvelinus fontinalis, (Mitch.) GiU and 

 Jor. 



