[85] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 471 



Subgenus HydrargyHA Lacepede. 



66. FundtiHis siifiBilis (B. & G.) Giinther. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from South Carolina 

 to Florida ; Gulf of Mexico. 



30780. Pensacola, Florida. Jordan & Steams. 



Subgenus Xenisma Jordan. 



©7. Fuiiflulus stel lifer Jordan. Spotted Stud-Fish. 



Alabama Biver, in clear streams and springs (Jordan 

 & Gilbert). 



31070. Cave Spring, Georgia. Jordan & Brayton. 



Genus ZYGONEOTES Agassi?. 



68. Zygonectes not a tea* (Raf.) Jordan. Top Minnow. 



Michigan, and southward through the Mississippi 

 Valley to Alabama and Texas. Abundant in ponds 

 and canals (Jordan & Gilbert). 

 32259. Grenada, Mississippi. O. P. Hay. 



Genus LUCANIA Girard. 



69. L mania veimsia Girard. 



Limia venusta Girard, U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichth., 1859. p. 71. 

 Gulf of Mexico; abundant at Pensacola. 

 This small species is quite readily distinguished from 

 L. parva by its larger dorsal and different proportions. 



30819. Pensacola, Florida. Jordan & Stearns. 



Genus GAMBUSIA Poey. 



70. Gambusia patnielis (B. & G.) Girard. Top Minnow. 



Heterandria palruelis B. & G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1853, p. 390. 

 Southern United States, from Virginia to Texas; south- 

 ward to Mexico, abounding in lowland streams. 

 Females distended with young were obtained by Col- 

 onel McDonald in August, 1881. 

 29109. Cherrystone, Virginia. Col. M. McDonald. 



Genus MOLLIENESIA Le Sueur. 



71. Alollieiicxia latipinna Le Sueur. 



Southern United States bordering on the Gulf of 

 Mexico; southward to Mexico; abundant in lowland 



streams. 

 18061. Lake Monroe, Florida. Prof. S. F. Baird. 



