THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 1S5 



Fundulus majalis (Walbaum). 



Minnow. Killi Fish. May Fish. 



Head 3% ; depth 4; D. iii, 10; A. iii, 8; scales 35 in a lateral 

 series to base of caudal and 3 more on latter; 15 scales between 

 origin of dorsal and that of anal ; 23 scales before dorsal ; first 

 branched dorsal ray 1 5^ in head ; second branched anal ray i % ; 

 caudal i^ ; pectoral i^ ; ventral 2j/^ ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% ; snout 3J^ in head measured from tip of upper 

 jaw^; eye 5^ ; maxillary 3^; interorbital space 3. Body rather 

 long, hardly elevated, and little compressed. Caudal peduncle 

 deep and compressed. Head attenuate in profile, flattened or 





May Fish. Fuivduhis uiajalis (, Walbaum j. (Young.) 



depressed above. Snout long, depressed. Eye small, circular, 

 high, and near first }i in length of head. Mouth small, very 

 protractile, and mandible projecting in front. Teeth fine, in 

 bands in jaws. Nostril close to front of eye above. Interorbital 

 space broad and flat. Gill-rakers 6 short fleshy points on first 

 arch. Scales large, especially those on top of head, and others be- 

 coming reduced on base of caudal. Origin of dorsal nearer that 

 of pectoral than base of caudal, and all branched radii highest 

 and subequal. Anal begins a trifle behind origin of dorsal, its de- 

 pressed tip reaching further than that of dorsal, though not quite 

 opposite base of caudal, and third ray longest. Caudal rounded. 

 Pectoral short and rounded, reaching ventral. Ventral inserted 



