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11. Fundulus seminolis Girard. (J, C, O, A, P.) Common, especially in Charlie Apopka and Oak 
creeks. Somewhat variable in color, and differing otherwise from the original and other 
descriptions.* (See Plate lii, Fig. 3.) 
Body slender, not compressed; back not elevated; caudal peduncle deep; depth the 
same as the height of dorsal, and also equal to the distance from the end of the snout to 
middle of pupil; head long and pointed, somewhat pyramidal, 4^ to 4£ in total length; 
depth of body 5£ to 64 in length, or equal to the distance from end of snout to the hinder 
margin of the preopercle ; eye medium size, about 4 in head or two-thirds the interorbital 
space; dorsal fin longer than anal, the rays growing gradually shorter from the fifth to the 
last, giving the top of the fin a gentle convex curve ; origin of dorsal above the termination 
of the ventrals; anal short, length of longest rays, If that of base of fin, the fourth ray 
longest, growing rapidly shorter to the last ; posterior margin below posterior margin of the 
dorsal; ventrals small and short, not reaching vent; pectorals broad, barely reaching ventrals. 
Ground color, olive green in the larger specimens, brighter in the males, or of a some- 
what yellowish brown, caused by the scales having dark edges. Some specimens have several 
longitudinal stripes resulting from dark spots in the center of the scales, but the majority of 
the specimens taken have no such marking. All of the young, and the older females, are 
crossed by 12 or 14 faint dark bars. The fins are generally plain, but in a few specimens 
the dorsal and caudal have darker spots, which in some instances are arranged on bars. 
The teeth are arranged in two rows, those of the outer row in the lower jaw much enlarged; 
all are pointed, movable, and curve inward. Dorsal, 17; anal, 13. 
Following are given the measurements and other details of a few specimens taken in 
different localities: Three specimens from Joshua Creek, Nocatee: Length, 108, 100, 94 milli- 
meters ; head, 22, 22 — , 21 millimeters ; depth, 16, 16, 154 millimeters ; scales in lateral line 
54, 50, 52; some specimens with faint crossbars. Charlie Apopka: Very common; color 
light; fins without markings; lines produced by the dots at the intersection of the scales 
very faint. Alligator Branch : Common ; color very dark ; length, 112, 104 ; head, 27, 25 ; 
depth, 20, 19; distance from end of snout to origin of dorsal fin, 48, from origin of dorsal to 
end of caudal fin, 39; three'bars across the dorsal; lateral line, 54. 
12. Achirus fasciatus (Lacdpede). (J, C, O, A, W.) Common, except in Alligator Creek. Color 
very variable. 
13. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Common at every station. 
14. Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuv. & Val.). War-mouth. (J, C, O, A, W, B.) Common. Very dark; 
many specimens with the body below the lateral line decorated with copper-colored dots. 
15. Lepomis punctatus (Cuv. & Val.). (J, C, O.) Not common. Specimens almost black ; scales In 
lateral line, 39 to 41. 
16. Lepomis pallidus (Mitckill). (J, P, A, W, B.) Not common. Opercle ornamented with a red 
spot on the posterior margin ; 13 dark crossbars across the body ; lateral line, 42. 
17. Lepomis holbrooki (Cuv. & Val.). (J, C, O, P, A.) Common. Much more abundant than L. 
pallidus. 
18. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Long-eared sunfish. (C, P, W, B.) Abundant wherever found. 
19. Micropterus salmoides (Lacdpbde). Large-mouthed black bass. Taken at every station. Com- 
mon in the lakes and ponds, where it is reported to grow to a great size. 
20. Etheostoma quiescens Jordan. (J, A.) This species is described in the Proceedings of the TJ. 
S. National Museum, 1884, 479. Color, dark brown, with very dark green between the 
darker spots on the body. Length, 344, 344, 48, 52, 46, and 47 millimeters ; head, 9, 9, 10, 
10J, 94, 94 millimeters ; depth, 64, 64, 7, 74, 7, 7 — millimeters ; lateral line, 52, 49, 49, 50, 52, 50 ; 
scales with pores, 27, 21, 24, 27, 26, 22; dorsal, IX-9, IX-11, X-12, IX-10, IX-11, IX-11; anal, 
II-7 ; the spines about equal in length. (See Plate liii, Fig. 3.) 
* Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, p. 59. Gunther, vol. vi, p. 325. Syn. N. A. Fishes, p. 334. Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, p.322. 
