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abundant. It is rather common in Lost Lake and the Outlet, but 

 none was found in Lake Maxinkuckee. During the seining opera- 

 tions of 1899-1900, 101 specimens were secured, the greatest num- 

 ber taken in one haul being 25. 



This is a very prettily marked little fish, the fine stripes of the 

 female, and the combination of bars and stripes on the male mak- 

 ing the species one of the most handsome fishes of the lake. The 

 contrast in markings of the different sexes is quite striking, and 

 makes a pair of these fishes especially interesting; they hardly look 

 like the same species. 



The characteristic bars of the male seem to be assumed quite 

 early in life, although this seems to differ considerably in different 

 individuals ; one specimen 1] inches long showed the bars quite 

 plainly, while others 1% inches long showed them rather faintly. 

 The shortest specimen obtained was about an inch long, and the 

 longest 2 1 inches. These fishes prefer shallow waters, and usually 

 swim about the surface two or three together, and not in great 

 schools. The dark patches over the eyes of these fishes remind 

 one somewhat of the markings on the head of the wood frog. 



Head 3.75 in body; depth 3.5; D. 7; A. 9; scales 35-10; body 

 short and deep, much compressed ; head short and very broad, the 

 fiat interorbital space being ^ of its length, and barely twice the 

 diameter of the eye; the? distance between the eyes above greater 

 than the distance between them below ; snout broadly rounded ; fins 

 moderate ; dorsal much smaller than anal ; outer series of teeth 

 somewhat enlarged. Coloration, pale olive, bluish in life; a very 

 distinct brownish line along the edges of each row of scales, ap- 

 pearing wavy or serrate, as it follows the scales; about 10 of 

 these longitudinal stripes present ; males with the lines interrupted, 

 appearing as a series of dots, and further marked by about 9 dark 

 crossbars ; adults with a black blotch below the eye, sometimes con- 

 fluent with it. Oviduct free from anal. Length 2{ inches. 



39. SPOTTED TOP-MINNOW 



FUNDULUS NOTATUS (Rafinesque) 



This pretty little fish is quite common in ponds and canals from 

 Michigan to Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. It is usually seen 

 swimming about, singly, in pairs or small schools, at the surface of 

 the water. It does not appear to be common in Lake INIaxinkuckee. 

 The only specimen in the collection is an example IJ inches long, 

 caught in the Culver Academy lagoon, April 4, 1901. It is not 

 rare in Lost Lake, however; individuals were often seen swimming 



