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MX. Body deep, the depth 3% in length ; female with the black spots coalescent into 

 about 10 wavy streaks along sides ; male with the lines of dots more or less 

 interrupted ; scales 35. DISPAR, 966. 



cccc. General coloration olivaceous, with a single black lateral stripe from head to tail. 

 p. Body Blender, the depth 4% in length ; lateral stripe broad, purplish, its edges 

 wavy; back.and vertical fins speckled. D. 9; A. 11. Scales 34-10. 



NOTATtIS, 967. 



pp. Body stout, the depth 3> in length; sides silvery, with black lateral shade above 

 the silvery part. D. 11; A. 11. Scales 31-10. MELAPLEURUS, 968. 



Subgenus FUNDULUS, GUnther. 

 926. FUNDULUS PUNCTATUS, Gunther. 



Head 4; depth 4|. D. 12; A. 13; V. 6; scales 34-12. Interorbital 

 space very broad, slightly convex, its width half head. Snout broad, 

 obtuse, much depressed, the lower jaw scarcely projecting beyond the 

 upper ; mandible longer than eye. Upper lip of moderate breadth, not 

 extending to angle of mouth. Eye less than length of snout, 4| in head, 

 and less than half interorbital width. Origin of dorsal somewhat nearer 

 to extremity of caudal than orbit, over nineteenth scale of lateral series; 

 first anal ray opposite to third of dorsal ; dorsal and anal fins subquad- 

 rangular. with the outer margins convex, each a little longer than 

 high ; caudal fin subtruncate, scaly ofa its basal half; pectoral fins 

 shorter than head (without snout), not extending to base of ventrals. 

 Brownish olive, paler below ; each scale, especially those on the tail, 

 with a vertical dark purplish violet spot on the center; dorsal with 3 

 or 4 series of blackish dots, anal with a whitish margin. Length 3| 

 inches, (male). Chiapas. (Gunther); not seen by us. (punctatus, dotted.) 



Fundulus punctatus, GUNTHER, Cat., vi, 320, 1866, Chiapam, Guatemala. (Coll. Salvin.) 

 927. FUNDULUS VINCTUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3f; depth 4i; eye 3f. D. 12; A. 11; scales about 31-10. Body 

 little elongate, compressed posteriorly. Head large, very broad, and 

 somewhat depressed above. Mouth moderate. Teeth in narrow bands, 

 the outer much enlarged. Interorbital space 2. Scales comparatively 

 large. Dorsal inserted moderately in advance of anal, its front midway 

 between base of caudal and occiput, the fin of moderate height ; pec- 

 toral If in head; caudal 1^. Coloration, in spirits, olivaceous, with 

 about 23 narrow silvery bars with undulating edges, the bars narrower 

 than the darker interspaces ; fins all plain in type. Length 2^ inches. 

 This species is apparently related to F. heteroclitus and other Atlantic 

 species. It may be distinguished from most of its relatives by its com- 

 paratively large scales. Coast of Lower California ; known only from 

 the original types collected near Cape San Lucas by John Xantus. 

 (vinctus, banded.) 



Fundulus vinctus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 355, Cape San Lucas.* 

 (Type, No. 30973. Coll. Xantus.) 



* According to Mr. Lyman Belding a large part of the collection of John Xantus from " Cape 

 San Lucas" was obtained in the pools and lagoons about La Paz. It is not unlikely that these 

 shoal-water species come from the latter locality. 



