194 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



14 scales between origins of dorsal and anal; first branched dorsal 

 ray 2 in head ; fourth branched anal ray i % ; caudal i Yz ; pec- 

 toral 1%; pectoral 1%; ventral 2j^ ; snout 33^ in head 

 measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 4; maxillary 3^; in- 

 terorbital space 2j^ ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^. Body 

 long, rather slender, compressed, and back not elevated. Head 

 flattened or depressed above. Snout rather broad, flattened above. 

 Eye circular, rather large and anterior. Jaws very protractile, 

 lower protruding. Mouth short and wide. Maxillary oblicjuely 

 vertical, falling well short of orbit or not quite to posterior nos- 

 tril. Teeth conspicuous, those in outer series enlarged, especially 

 in mandible. Nostril superior on interorbital space in front of 

 eye above. Interorbital space broad and flat. Gill-rakers 6 weak 



'-N. 



1# 



Barred Minnow. Fundulus diaphanus (Le Sueur). (Male.) 



denticles. Scales small, those on costal region a trifle more nar- 

 rowly imbricated than others, and those on caudal peduncle large. 

 Scales on top of head very large. Scales on cheek in 3 series. 

 Dorsal inserted midway between posterior margin of preopercle 

 and base of caudal, and first branched rays highest. Anal in- 

 serted a trifle behind origin of dorsal and middle branched rays 

 highest, fin rounded. Caudal rounded. Pectoral not quite reach- 

 ing ventral. Ventral inserted midway between origin of pectoral 

 and that of anal. Color pale olive, sides silvery, and about 20 

 silvery vertical lines, narrower than dark inter-spaces. Fins 

 plain, dorsal and caudal slightly dusky-olive tinted. Length 3^ 

 inches. Lily Lake, at Cape May Point. 



Color of the above male in life, translucent olivaceous above, 

 margin of each scale diffusely dusky. Top of head tinted with 



