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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
SYNODONTIDiE. 
14. Synodus foetens (Linuseus). Lizard Fish. (Synodua spixianus Poej.) 
Key West; Gordon’s Pass; San Carlos Pass; Big Gasparilla. This voracious 
little marauder is common in all of the bays of the west coast. 
CYPRINODONTIDiB. 
15. Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean. Jordan’s Minnow. 
Fresh pond near Myakka Eiver. Common in fresh water throughout the State. 
16. Heterandria formosa Ajjassiz. 
Fresh pond near Myakka Eiver. This minute species and the next are common 
in fresh ponds and brackish waters. 
17. Lucania parva (Baird & Girard). Eain-water Fish. 
Card’s Sound ; Gordon’s Pass ; Big Gasparilla; Myakka Eiver; Long Boat Key. 
18 Fundulus similis Baird & Girard. Salt-water Minnow. 
Barnes’ Sound; Cape Eomano; Marco; Big Gasparilla; Gordon’s Pass; Myakka 
Eiver; Stump Pass; Lemon Bay ; Sarasota Bay. 
At the mouth of Bowley’s Creek, in Sarasota Bay, I saw this species congregated * 
in thousands, spawning on the shallow sand bars. Two males would usually head off 
the female and, one on each side of her, convey her into water only deep enough to I 
cover them, sometimes even forcing her out of the water on the bare sand. The 
males pressed close to the side of the female, their caudal fins lapped over her back, 
and with tremulous motions the spawn was emitted and fertilized. The males were 
quite black on top of head and shoulders, with bright yellow throat and sides. 
19. Fundulus ocellaris Jordan & Gilbert. Salt-water Minnow. 
Card’s Sound. This and the following cyprinodonts are very abundant in the | 
brackish water of all bays and bayous, in the small streams emptying into them, and | 
also in adjacent fresh-water ponds. 
20. Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus). Salt-water Minnow. 
Barnes’ Sound; Gordon’s Pass ; Myakka Eiver; Stump Pass. 
21. Cyprinodon variegatus Lac^pede. Toothed Minnow. 
Barnes’ Sound; Big Gasparilla; Myakka Eiver; brackish pond near Stump Pass; : 
Long Boat Key. 
22. Cyprinodon carpio Giinther. Toothed Minnow. ? 
Card’s Sound; Barnes’ Sound ; Key West; Marco; Gordon’s Pass; San Carlos ’" 
Pass; Big Gasparilla; Long Boat Key; Sarasota Bay. This is Cyprinodon mydrns .* 
Goode & Bean. | i 
23. Zygonectes chrysotus (Giinther). Top Minnow. | j| 
Myakka Eiver and fresh pond near the river. Female with pearl-colored dots scat- 1|| 
tered over the sides ; male nearly plain, with narrow dark crossbars posteriorly. ( 
24. Zygonectes henshalli Jordan. Top Minnow. t 
Gordon’s Pass ; Myakka Eiver. Numerous specimens, apparently the young of this 
species. Body with about ten dark crossbars ; caudal with crossbars of dark dots, j 
25. Gambusia patruelis (Baird & Girard). Mud Minnow. I * 
Myakka Eiver and fresh pond near the river. i 
26. Mollienesia latipinna Le Sueur. Big-finned Minnow. ( i 
Card’s Sound; Barnes’ Sound; Gordon’s Pass; Stump Pass; Lemon Bay. ) 
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