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THE CYPRINODONTS. 105 
B. U. S. G. Surv., IV, 433, — Man. Vert., 262; G. & B., 1879, B. Ess. Inst., XT, 21; Goode, 1880, P. U. 
S. Mus., II, 118; Jor. & G., 1879, P. U. S. Mus., I, 384; Bean, 1881, P. U. S. Mus., ILI, 105. 
Fuadslas majalis Gthr., 1866, Cat., VI, 322; Jor. & G., 1883, P. U. S. Mus., V, 585; Ryder, 1886, 
P. U. S, Mus., VIII, 155, pl. XI, fig. 29-30; Jor. 1887, P. U.S. Mus., IX, 26; Bean, 1889, B. U.S. F. 
Com., VII, 132, 147, — 1892, P. U. S. Mus., XIV, 92; Smith, 1892, B. U. S. F. Com., X, 65, pl. 19, fig. 1. 
Fundulus (Hydrargyra) majalis Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 331, 332; Jor., 1857, R. U. S. F. 
Com., 836. 
Fundulus similis Jor. & G., 1883, P. U. 8. Mus., V, 585, 619. 
B. 6; D. 14-13; A. 11-10; V.6; P.18; Ll. 36-33; Ltr. 13-12; Vert. 
14+ 20. 
Form somewhat elongate, compressed, not very wide at the shoulders, 
subquadrate in transverse section through the head, arch of back rather low, 
caudal pedicel moderately deep. Head long, pointed, as broad as deep, three 
tenths, or less, of the length to the base of the caudal; crown straight to 
slightly concave longitudinally, a trifle arched transversely. Snout elongate, 
one and one half times as long as the eye, blunt, not so steep or so much 
rounded as in F’ heteroclitus. Mouth wide; lower jaw longer, upper protrac- 
tile. Teeth conical, hooked, in bands, outer series larger; pharyngeal with 
a shoulder, hooked, a considerable number, and more with age, of the me- 
dian resembling molars. Eye two thirds of snout, three sevenths of inter- 
orbital space, one fifth of head. Two to three rows of scales below the eye 
on the cheek. Origin of dorsal midway from nostril to tip of caudal, several 
rays forward of that of anal. Base of anal shorter than that of dorsal, 
but tip of fin reaching farther back. Anal of male becoming pointed, and 
concave on its hinder border. Pectorals reaching bases of ventrals. Caudal 
subtruncate, two thirds as broad as long, rays two thirds as long as head. 
Olivaceous, centres of scales lighter, whitish to yellowish below, brownish, 
bronzed and puncticulate to silvery on the cheek, top of head dark. Males 
and young with ten to eighteen narrow bands of brown across the sides. 
Females when half grown or larger have a longitudinal band from the upper 
angle of the opercle to the middle of the caudal pedicel ; commonly there is 
a shorter band below this more or less broken into spots; many have two 
bands below this long one and another above it. On the caudal pedicel the 
female usually has one or more vertical bands, the most distinct and longest 
being that nearest the rays. The upper end of the hindmost band on the 
pedicel is deepest in color and remains as a black spot in casé the bands fade. 
The colors in young and old and male and female are well shown on Plate 
IX. A black spot is occasionally present on the posterior rays of the dorsal. 
Attaining a length of six inches. Canada to Florida along the shores, 
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