AMBLYOPSm^. — cm. 269 



** Eyes well developed; body colored; no ventrals. 



Chologasteb, 3. 



/. AMBLYOPSIS. DeKay. Laegee Blind Pish. 

 1. A. speloBus, DeKay. Blind Fish of the Mam- 

 moth Cave. Head 3 in length; D. and A. equal, well 

 developed; head and body with papillary ridges; scales 

 small; colorless; D. 10; A. 9; V. 4; P. 11; length 2 to 

 5 inches. Subterranean streams of Ky. and Ind., Mam- 

 moth Cave, Wyandot Cave, etc. 



2. TYPHLICHTHYS, Girard. Small Blind Fish. 

 1. T. subterraneus, Grd. G-eneral character of Am- 

 blyopsis, but the head rather blunter and broader for- 

 wards; D. 7 or 8; A. 7 or 8; P. 13; length 3 inches or 

 less. Subterranean streams in Ky,, Tenn., Ala. 



3. DHOLOGASTER, Agassiz. Ditch Fishes 



1. C. cornutus, Ag. Head 3 in length; eye moderate, 

 well developed; snout with two horn-like projections; 

 yellowish brown, dark above; sides with three dark lines, 

 becoming dots on the tail; middle rays of C. dark, fins 

 otherwise unoolored; D. 8 or 9; A. 8 or 9; P. 12; length 

 2 to 2i inches. Ditches in a rice field, Waocamaw, S. 0. 

 Three specimens known. 



2. C. agassizii, Putnam. Head 4 in length; eyes 

 larger; uniform light brown, otherwise as above; length 

 1 to 2 inches. Subterranean streams in Tenn. and Ky. 



