PCECIUID^. 73; 



Family: PcEClLHD^. 

 Genus : Fundulus. 



Key to Species. 



A. No broad, black lateral band. 



B. Dorsal fin of 12 or 13 rays. — diapkanus. 



BB. Dorsal fin of 7 rays. — disfiar. 



AA. A broad, black lateral band, its ed es notched; dorsal fin of 9 rays. — notatus. 



Fundulus diaphanus menona (Jordan and Copeland). 



Head 3^; depths. D. I2 1 A.. 10; scales 48-12. Body rather slender, 

 not elevated, compressed posteriorly. Head flattened above. Fins rather 

 small and low. General color olivaceous, below pale, sides somewhat silvery;; 

 back always spotted; sides with about 16 distinct, irregular, dark bands, 

 these often replaced by the same number of shining, silvery bands narrower 

 than the interspaces. Length 3^ inches. 



Taken only in the northern part of the state, where in suitable 

 places it is common. "Taken once near L,orain, common near 

 Huron and Put-in-Bay," McCormick, 1892; " Maumee river at. 

 Toledo, abundant," Kirsch, 1893; noted commonly by Prof. 

 D. S. Kellicott, E. B. Williamson and the writer in Sandusky 

 Bay in 1896, and again by the writer in 1899 an d 1900. 



Fundulus dispar (Agassiz). 



Head 3^; depth 3j4. D. 7; A. 9; scales 35-10. Body short and deep, 

 much compressed. Head short and very broad, the distance between the 

 eyes above greater than the distance between them below. Snout broadly 

 rounded. Dorsal fin much smaller than anal. Color pale olive, bluish in 

 life; about 10 longitudinal, wavy, brown stripes along sides formed by the 

 dark edges of the scales. Males have these stripes interrupted and have 

 about 9 dark crossbars; a black blotch below eye. Length 2)A inches. 



Given for Ohio by Jordan (Ohio Rept.), and Jordan and 

 Evermann (Bull. 47, U. S. Natl. Mus.) Dr. B. W. Evermann, 

 in a recent letter regarding this species, says : "I learned of its 

 occurrence in the Celina reservoir through students of mine who 

 seined there. No record was published, however." 



Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque). Top Minnow. 



Head 4; depth 4^; eye 3. D. 9; A. ir or 12; scales 34-11. Body 

 slender, compressed posteriorly. Head depressed, rather long, the snout 

 somewhat produced; interorbital space half the length of head. Color oliva- 

 ceous or brownish olive, with a broad, blackish lateral band from tip of." 



