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Fundulus diaphmius Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit. 334, 1883; Hugh M. Smith^ 

 Bull. U. S. F. C. X, 65, 1890; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 645, 1896, pi. CIII, figs. 275, 275a, 1900; Bean, Fishes Penna. 

 85, 1893; 52d Ann. Rept. N. Y. State Mus. 98, 19O0; Mearns, BulL 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. X, 318, 1898. 



The body is moderately slender and elongate, its greatest 

 depth equaling about two ninths of the total length without 

 tail, or somewhat less than the length of the head. The head 

 is flat above, the width between the eyes equal to nearly half 

 the length of head. The mouth is very protractile, small, its- 

 width somewhat greater than the length of the lower jaw. The 

 upper jaw is as long as the eye, a little more than one fourth 

 the length of head, which equals about one fourth of total 

 length without caudal. The length of the dorsal base equals 

 the depth of the body and much exceeds length of anal base. 

 Length of longest dorsal ray less than one half of head; longest 

 anal ray two thirds of length of head. The dorsal is midway 

 between the tip of the snout and the root of the caudal. The 

 anal is wholly under the dorsal. Length of pectoral six and one 

 half times in total. Caudal large, convex behind. D. 14; A. 12. 

 Scales 44-46-13. 



The females are olivaceous with silvery; sides traversed by 15 

 to 25 narrow, dark cross bands; fins pale. The males, at least 

 in the breeding season, are pale olive with about 20 pearl}' white 

 cross bands. 



The barred killifish, also known as the spring muxnmichog 

 and toothed minnow, inhabits the Great lakes and their tribu- 

 taries, east to Massachusetts, south to Virginia and Indiana, 

 west to Colorado, according to Cope south to Texas. The 

 species was first made known from Saratoga lake. It is very 

 abundant in the Lake Ontario region, having" been taken by 

 U. S. Fish Commission collectors at the following New York 

 localities. 



Mud creek, Cape Vincent June 25 



Grenadier island, Lake Ontario June 28 



Horse island, Sacketts Harbor June .30 



Mill Creek, Sacketts Harbor July 2 



