Cope.] 456 (June 7, 
are elongate, slender and simple. The premaxillaries area little projectile; 
extremity of maxillary acuminate. The first dorsal commences at a point 
mid-way between the basis of the tail and the anterior margin of the orbit, 
or opposite the 84th anal radii. The second dorsal commences above a 
point a little in front of the middle of the anal. Radii D. IV. 10; A. I. 
22-3; V. 1.5; P.12. The scales are small, in 14 longitudinal, and 75 
transverse series. 
In life this fish is translucent, with a silver band on eae side, which 
covers one scale and two halves, and is jead-edged above. The dorsal re- 
gion and top of head are dusted minutely with black. Operculum and 
cheek silvery. 
M. 
Lien gtliies ie os saan wie Aaewen vee cecal eens 3s 0.074 
OF NEGA, 04. v0. dedideiec esis egal pueseanavels GRE SSeS seeeeee 0.015 
OF pectoral Mili s owcwancwawanam dace garie eae te ca eos 0.011 
Base of anal.......... shies etic ava a! araealchah lensed slats weeeee 0.018 
Width head behind................2 cee sxvsaense es (00006 
This little fish I took in great abundance in Coal Creek, a tributary of 
the Clinch, in East Tennessee. It was very abundant, and easily caught 
in rather sluggish water. The stream named passing through a limestone 
region, is liable to partial desiccation in the Autumn, and in several pools, 
thus formed, I obtained this species. 
In the original description I gave D. V., which should probably be as 
here stated, D. IV. 
MALACOPTERYGILI. 
FUNDULUS, Lac. 
30. FUNDULUS CATENATUS, Storer. 
Cope, Journ. A. N. Sci., Phil., 1868, Tab. xxiv., fig. 2. 
Clinch River, abundant. : 
HAPLOCHILUS, McClelland. 
I refer the following species to this genus, without going into its syn- 
onymy, following the arrangement given by Giinther in the Catalogue of 
the British Museum. In consideration of the peculiar views of this au- 
thor respecting specific and generic characters, I consider this a tempo- 
rary arrangement, to be rectified by a more thorough analysis of the- 
subject at some future time.* 
* Fundulus nisorius, Cope, Sp. nov. 
Stout; head four times in length to basis caudal; orbit four times in length of head, and twice 
in inter-orbital width. Depth 3.75times in length. Anal fin commencing about opposite the 
middle of the dorsal. Cheek scaly, operculum smooth. Scales of body in. 36 transverse.and 12 
longitudinal series. Radii D.12 A. 10 orll, extending mvre than half way from basis of first ray 
to basis caudal. Length of female. fourinches. Color uniform light brown. yellowish below- 
Most of the specimens of this species (seven) are females, and in them the oviducts are pro- 
longed in a tube to near the extremity of the first ray of the anal fin. Several have many well 
developed eggs in the former. Small, faintly cross-banded specimens, perhaps males, do not pre- 
