654 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



eastern Florida ; a larger species than most in the genus, and with the 

 dorsal fin less posterior, (ruber, red; frons, forehead.) 



Zygonectes rubrifrom, JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 237, San Sebastian River, Florida. 



(Type, No. 23450. Coll. Henshall); JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 338, 1883. 

 7ajgoned.es aurogultcdus,* HAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 556, Westville, Florida. (Type, 



No. 37362. Coll. Maim & Davison.) 



958. FUNDULUS SCARTES, Meek. 



Head 3J-J depth 4; eye 3|, about equal to snout. D. 8; A. 10 or 11 j 

 B. 4 ; scales 36-11. Body compressed, back slightly arched, head depressed 

 in usual way. . Mouth small, subterminal, lower jaw projecting slightly. 

 Interorbital space li eye. Dorsal fin short, beginning slightly behind 

 anal ; neither fin reaching caudal. Teeth in narrow bands, outer row 

 enlarged. Scales large, closely imbricated and minutely spotted with 

 black. Color dark green above, becoming lighter below j belly yellow- 

 ish ; large spots of white on some of the scales giving appearance of sev- 

 eral ill-defined silver bars on sides. Two small specimens, the longest li 

 inches long, from St. Francis River, Big Bay, Arkansas. t (anapT^, one 

 who leaps.) 



Fundulus scartes, MEEK, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xv, 1895, St. Francis River, Big Bay, 

 Arkansas. (Type, No. 47301; co-type, No. 2277, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. Coll. Meek.) 



959. FUNDULUS SCIADICUS, Cope. 



Head 3i to 3| ; depth 4 ; eye 3 ; snout 3i to 3. D. 10 ; A. 12 ; scales 34- 

 12. Interorbital width 1 times eye. Body short and stout. Fins small; 

 origin of dorsal behind that of anal and nearer tip of caudal than occi- 

 put. Color uniform olivaceous, without spots or lines, in spirits; pro- 

 fusely covered with fine brownish punctulations ; belly paler; in life, 

 rosy olivaceous on back and sides; median line of back darker. Abun- 

 dant in ponds and sluggish, grassy creeks in eastern Nebraska and south- 

 eastern South Dakota, where our specimens were collected by Evermann 

 and Cox in 1893. Length 2- inches, (amu, shade; aKiddrjc, name of some 

 dusky fish.) 

 Fimduhis sciadicus, COPE, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 78, Platte River, Nebraska; (Coll. 



Dr. Hammond); EVERMANN & Cox, Bull. TJ. S. Fish Comm., xv, 1895. 

 Haplochilus sciadicus, GtiNTHER, Cat., vi, 316, 1866. 

 Zygonecles sciadicus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 342, 1883. 



960. FUNDULUS LUCIJ3 (Baird). 



Head 3i ; depth 4i to 4| j eye 3. D. 8 ; A. 10 ; scales 34 or 35-10. Dor- 

 sal fin inserted behind front of anal and lower than the latter ; when 

 flexed, its extremity is opposite tip of anal; ventral fins small, about 

 equal to head behind eye, or half the length of pectorals, their 

 extremity reaching anus. Vertical bars- 10 to 12 in number, sharply 



* We place auroguUatus in the synonymy of rubrifrons on the authority of Dr. Bean, who has 

 compared the types. 



t "The species is very abundant in the St. Francis River. I got none in the net, however, but 

 caught the two type specimens in my hand. They keep close to the surface of the water where 

 vegetation is so thick that it is difficult to propel a dugout. These little fishes jump out of the 

 water and remain a short time perched on the weeds. They are very quick. They are usually 

 much smaller in size than the two type specimens. "Meek in lit. 



