206 PISCES. 



Lebras, Cuv. 



Resembles a Pcecilia, with the exception of the teeth which are den- 

 tated. 



A species is found in Sardinia, the Pcedlia calaritana, Bon- 



nelli,(l) a very small fish marked on the flanks with little black 



streaks. 



FuNDULus, Lacep. 



The Funduli are allied in many particulars to the Poecilise; but their 

 teeth are small and crowded, and those of the anterior range hook- 

 ed; tolerably stout conical ones are found in the pharynxj there are 

 are but four rays in the branchiae. (2) The 



MoLENEsiA, Lesueur, 



Is distinguished by the position of the anal between the ventrals and 

 under the origin of the dorsal, which is very large. The teeth are 

 similar to those of a Fundulus, and there are only four or five rays in 

 the branchiae. (3) 



Cyprinodon, Lacep. 



Slender, small and crowded teeth; six rays in the branchiae; other- 

 wise similar to the three preceding genera. 



Cyp. umbra, Cuv.; Umbra, Cramer. A small species found 



in the lakes of Austria, particularly in subterraneous streams; 



it is of a reddish brown, with some brown spots. (4) 



FAMILY IL 



ESOCES. 

 We find no adipose fin in this family. The edge of the 



(1) Add Lebias ellipsdideu, Lesueur, op. cit., 1821, pi- ii, f. 1 and 3; — Leb. 

 rhombo'i'dalis, Val. App. Humb. Zool. Obs., II, pi. li, 3; — Leb. fasciata, -Id. lb., 4. 



(2) Fund, casnicolus, Val., or Cobitis heteroclita, Lin., or Pcedlia casnicola, Schn.; 

 Mudfish of Schoepf. ; — Fund, fasciatus, Val. loc. cit., LIII, 1, or Poecilia fasciata, 

 Schn., ov Esox pisciciilus, Mitch., of which his Esox zonatus, or Hydrargyre swam- 

 pine, Lacep., V, 319, is the young, but the fig. V, 3, is another species; — Fmid. 

 brasiliensis, Val. loc. cit. Lll, 2. 



(3) Molinesia laUpinna, Lesueur, Ac. Nat- Sc. Philad. 1821,111, 1. 



(4) Add Cyprinodon flavulus, Val., loc. cit. I>III, 3, which is the Esox flavulus, 



