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dorsal; 13 scales between origins of dorsal and ventral; third 

 branched dorsal ray nearly equal to head; fifth branched anal ray 

 1% ; caudal i>^ ; pectoral 1)4 ; ventral 2>^ ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 1% ', snout 4 in head, measured from tip of upper jaw; 

 eye 3^ ; maxillary 3; interobital space 2%. Body deeply ovoid, 

 compressed, robust, and back wxll elevated. Caudal peduncle 

 short, compressed, and its least depth about equal to its length. 

 Head short, little depressed above and narrowed upward and 

 forward. Snout broadly depressed or flattened above. Eye cir- 

 cular, about first Vs in length of head. ]\Iouth small, horizontal. 



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Pursy Minnow. Cyprinodon z'ariegafiis Lacepede. (Adult male.) 



and maxillary vertical, not reaching orbit. Jaws wide, lower 

 protruding and upper protractile. Teeth large wedge-shaped in- 

 cisors, cutting-edge tricuspid, and each tooth expanded tov\-ards 

 edge. Nostril above eye anteriorly. Interorbital space broad 

 and flat. Opercle joined by membrane to shoulder-girdle just 

 above origin of pectoral. Gill-rakers about 18 short weak fleshy 

 points. Scales large, becoming smaller posteriorly on body, and 

 especially on belly and base of caudal. Scales very large on top 

 of head and 3 series on cheek. Humeral scale greatly enlarged. 

 Origin of dorsal nearer tip of snout than base of caudal, and 



