102 THE CYPRINODONTS. 
Form rather stouter than that of ¥’. diaphanus, and somewhat more com- 
pressed. Depth, or length of head, three elevenths of the length to the 
caudal. Head narrow forward, crown slightly convex. Snout nearly twice 
as long as the eye, blunt. Eye almost twice in snout, about one fifth of head, 
one half of forehead across the eyes. Mouth medium, oblique, with consid- 
erable lateral development. Teeth conical, in bands, outer series larger, 
hooked. Origin of dorsal midway between front of eye and tip of tail, 
or midway between head and base of caudal. Anal origin a little farther 
back than that of dorsal, tip of fin reaching nearer the caudal; oviduct 
extended upon the anterior ray; ventrals short, not reaching anal. Pec- 
torals not reaching bases of ventrals. Caudal medium, subtruncate. Scales 
smaller than those of /. diaphanus, harsh. 
Ashy brown or grayish, lower surfaces silvery, upper brown. With 
about sixteen narrow bands of brown across the sides, and one or more 
fainter ones across the caudal. A dark streak on the operculum, behind the 
eye. A dark spot at the origin of the dorsal. 
Fort Defiance, New Mexico. 
Fundulus diaphanus. 
Plate II. Fig. 7, teeth. 
Hydrargira diaphana Wes., 1817, J. Phil. Ac., I, 180; DeK., 1840, G. Surv. N.Y., extr. p. 29, — 1842, 
N. Y. Fish, 219. Hydrargyra diaphana Rich., 1837, Rep. 6 Brit. Assoc., 213; Stor., 1846, Syn., 181,— 
Mem. Am. Ac., IT, 433. 
Hydrargira multifasciata Les., 1817, J. Phil. Ac., 1, 131; DeK., 1840, N. Y. G. Surv., 29, — 1842, 
N.Y. Fish, 220. Hydrargyra multifasciata Rich., 1837, Rep. 6 Brit. Assoc., 213; Stor , 1846, Syn., 181, — 
Mem. Am. Ac., II, 433. 
Fundulus diaphanus Bd., 1855, Ninth Rep. 8S. L., extr. p. 29; Gill, 1861, N. A. Fish, 52; Nels., 1876, 
B. I. Lab., I, No. 1, 42; Jor. & C., 1877, B. Buf. Soc., III, 141; Jor., 1878, B. U. 8. G. Surv., IV, 483, — 
B. 2 I. Lab., 51, —1887, R. U. S. F. Com., 837; Forb., 1878, B. I. Lab., I, No. 2, 78, 85, —1883, No. 6, 
71, 93; Cope, 1880, B. 20 U. S. Mus., 32; Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U.S. Mus., 334; Bean, 1884, P. U.S. 
Mus., VI, 366, —1889, B. U.S. F. Com., VII, 182, 148, — 1892, P. U.S. Mus., XIV, 92; Crag., 1885, 
B. Wash. Lab., I, 110; Meek, 1889, Ann. N. Y. Lyc., IV, 310; McC., 1892, B. 2 Ob. Coll. Lab., 23; 
Smith, 1892, B. U. 8. F. Com., X, 65, pl. 19, fig. 2-3. 
Fundulus multifasciatus Val., 1846, C. V. Poiss., XVIII, 200; Bd., 1855, Ninth Rep. 8. I, extr. p. 30, 
— 1873, R. U. 8. F. Com., I, 826; Blkr., 1860, Cypr., 486; Gill, 1861, N. A. Fish, 52, —1873, N. A. 
Fish, 31; Put., 1863, B. M. C. Z., 7; Cope, 1865, P. Phil. Ac., 78; Gthr., 1866, Cat., VI, 324; Stor., 
1867, Mass. Fish, 130, pl. 23, fig. 2; Jor., 1874, Ind. Fish, 32, —1878,B 21. Lab., 52; G. & B., 1879, B. 
Kss. Inst., XI, extr. p. 22. 
Fundulus pisculentus Val., 1846, C. V. Poiss., XVIII, 190. 
Hydrargyra swampina Val., 1846, C. V. Poiss., XVIII, 203. 
Fundulus swampinus Gthr., 1866, Cat., VI, 323. 
Fundulus (Hydrargyra) swampina Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. 8. Mus., 332. 
Fundulus menona Jor., 1877, P. Phil. Ac., 68, —1878, Man. Vert., 263, — B. U.S. G. Surv., IV, 483; 
Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 335. 
Fundulus diaphanus menona Everm. & J., 1889, P. U. 8. Mus., XI, 55; Boll., 1890, B. U. S. F. Com., 
VIII, 223; Hig., 1894, R. Ind. Biol. Surv., 94. 
