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very quickly come and go. Like the other killifishes it is one of 
the main foods of the pikes, gars, and other fish carnivores of 
the swamp. 
Fundulus nottii (Agassiz). 
“Star-head Minnow,” “Star-head.” 
It has been taken from South Carolina as well. In the Suwanee 
river basin, 'Woolman took it in Santa Fe river to the south of 
the swamp and Jordan and Meek describe it from Allapaha 
river, Nashville, Georgia, as Zygonectes zonifer. 
We have only six specimens which might well be considered 
F. nottii. The natives know it as the “Star-head” and it is not 
uncommon in the swamp. The six longitudinal bands are very 
prominent and in most specimens the ten to twelve vertical bands 
are very obscure if not absent. One specimen (8714) has the 
coloration of Fundulus zonifer (Jordan and Meek) the types of 
which Taylor secured at Nashville, Georgia, in Allapaha river, 
a tributary of the Suwannee river system as is the Okefinokee 
swamp. 
This Fundulus material shows how easily one might think of 
Fundulus nottii and Fundulus zonifer as intensely marked female 
and male Fundulus dispar. 
These creatures are surface fishes of the prairies and have as 
associates Lucania ommata, Fundulus cingulatus (chrysotus), 
Gambusia aidnis. This order is about the inverse of their relative 
abundance as revealed by our collections and observations. Our 
few specimens show the form to be widespread in the swamp. 
Lucania ommata (Jordan) 
We have sixty-three specimens of this rare form in thirteen 
different collections from the swamp. A description of this 
material has been reported 
Gambusia afdnis Baird and Girard. 
“Minnow” “Pieded Minnow.” 
This species ranges from Delaware to Mexico, along the Atlan- 
tic and Gulf coasts and is found in sluggish waters, brackish 
or fresh water indiscriminately. It is included in almost every 
fish list from these regions. In Florida, it has been collected 
from Escambia, Alligator, Peace, Hillsboro and Santa Fe rivers. 
Our series includes 283 (198 females and 85 males) forms which 
were collected in every month of the year and in most diverse 
places of the swamp. 
