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mington, and in January, 1906, forwarded a specimen to the writer with the 

 following interesting note on the species: 



I found Copdandellm near Wilmington in a cypress pond about 10 miles in circimiference, 

 cut off from tide water by a high dam. In this place there are Centrarchus and many other 

 kinds of basses and sunfishes, as well as minnows and a great abimdance of prawns. This 

 species is also to be found in ditches into which the tide flows to the depth of several inches to 

 a foot and where Fundidus, Oambusia, Heterandria, Umbra, Chologoiter, Elassoma, Aphredo- 

 derus, and sunfishes abound. Coipekmdelhis will stand warm and stagnant water better than 

 any other darter I know of. I had specimens to spawn in a small still-water aquarium at 

 Wilmington. The eggs were deposited on the under side of the leaves of lilies and other plants. 

 The fish reaches a length of 2.5 or 3 inches. 





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Fig. 118. Copeland's Dabtek. Copelanddlus quiescens. 



This species is known also from Lake Ellis in Craven County, where Mr. 

 C. S. Brimley reports that he collected 15 specimens in June, 1905. 



Family APOGONICHTHYIDiE. The Cardinal-fishes. 



A numerous family of small fishes, found chiefly in tropical seas and most 

 abundant in the East Indies and Oceania. Body elongate, usually compressed, 

 back often elevated; mouth rather large, more or less oblique, with villiform teeth 

 on jaws, vomer, and sometimes palatines; lower bones of pharynx with sharp 

 teeth; opercular spine inconspicuous; edge of preopercle entire or slightly ser- 

 rated; scales rather large, usually ctenoid, completely covering body and more or 

 less of head; lateral line present; dorsal fins separate, the anterior with 6 to 9 

 spines; soft dorsal short and similar to anal, which has 2 to 4 spines; ventrals 

 thoracic; color in some species bright red. The 9 or 10 American genera are 

 represented by about 20 species, of which only 1 is known from the North Caro- 

 lina coast, but several others occur as stragglers to the north and south and may 

 sometime be found locally. 



Genus HYPOCLYDONIA Goode & Bean. 



Very small bottom fishes, completely covered with deciduous, smooth 

 scales, those of head embedded in skin; 2 flat spines on opercle; minute serrations 

 on preopercle; stout gill-rakers in moderate number; 7 branchiostegals; a gland- 

 ular organ at upper angle of gill-slit; high lateral Une; and well-developed fins. 

 One species. (Hypoclydonia, below the wave.) 



