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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
XV— SCOPELIDiE. THE SCOPELIDS. 
97 . Synodus fcetens (L.). Texas coast (as Saurus mexicanus, Girard, 1859). Two specimens from 
Galveston— one 4 inches long, which does not fully agree with the description of S. fcetens . 
Head, 44; depth, 74; eye, 4£; dorsal, 11; anal, 14. Scales before dorsal about 25; lateral 
line, 64 ; oblique series between lateral line and origin of dorsal, 5. 
XVI. — SALMONIDJE. THE SALMON FAMILY. 
98. Salmo mykiss spilurus Cope. Sangre de Christo Pass, in Colorado, from one of the sources of 
the Rio Grande (as Salmo spilurus types, Cope, 1872;. Utah Creek, aud at Sangre de Christo 
Pass, a tributary to the Rio Grande (as Salar virginalis types, Girard, 1856, and Girard, 1858, 
pi. lxxiii, figs. 1-4). Brazos River, one of the principal tributaries of the Chama (as 
Salmo spilurus, Cope & Yarrow, 1875). Fort Garland, Colorado; Rio Grande, Colorado; 
Costilla, Rio Taos, Rio Chama, and near San Ildefonso, New Mexico (as Salmo pleuriticus, 
Cope & Yarrow, 1875). Rio Grande (as Salmo spilurus and Salmo spilurus pleuriticus, Syn- 
opsis). Brazos River, New Mexico, (as Salmo spilurus, Bean, 1883). Mountain streams of the 
Upper Rio Grande basin (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883). Streams of the Sierra Madre of Mexico at 
an elevation of between 7,OOC and 8,000 feet, in the southern part of Chihuahua, near the 
southern boundaries of Durango and Sinaloa (as Salmo purpuratus, Cope, 1888, and Bean, 
1888). Rio Grande (Forest and Stream, 1877). Limpia, Devil River, San Felipe Springs, and 
headwaters of the Canadian River, Texas, and Rio Bonit.o, New Mexico (as Salmo fontinalis, 
Forest and Stream, 1878). Cope’s type of Salmo spilurus (U. S. N. M. No. 17067) is about 18 
inches long and in good condition. It is labeled as from the Rio Brazos, New Mexico, which 
is probably incorrect, as Cope states the types came from Sangre de Christo Pass, Colorado. 
The trout mentioned in the Pacific Railroad Reports by Lieut. Marshall as occurring in the 
upper waters of the Sacramento (a tributary of the Pecos) and in the upper waters of the 
Colorado and Brazos rivers was of course this trout if trout at all. As no collecting has been 
done in that region since 1854, these early reports have not been verified. The distribution 
of the trout of the Rio Grande basin furnishes a very interesting and proper subject for 
investigation. 
XVII.— CYPRINODONTIDJE. THE CYPRINODONTS. 
99 . Cyprinodon variegatus Lacdpede. Brackish waters of Indianola (as Cyprinodon gibbosus types, 
Baird & Girard, 1853, and Girard, 1859, pi. xxxvm, figs. 1-7). , Leon Springs, Rio Grande 
del Norte (as Cyprinodon bovinus types, Baird & Girard, 1853, Girard, 1859, pi. xxxvn, figs. 
12-18, and Synopsis). Chihuahua River (as Cyprinodon eximius types, Girard, 1859, and 
Synopsis). Brownsville (Jordan, 1878). Indianola (as Cyprinodon gibbosus, Synopsis). 
Galveston Bay, Dickinson Bayou, and Corpus Christi (Evermann, 1892). 
100 . Cyprinodon latifasciatus Garman. Spring near Parras, Coahuila (type, Garman, 1881). 
101 . Cyprinodon elegans B. & G. Rio Grande del Norte (types, Baird & Girard, 1853), and Comanche 
Springs, Rio Grande del Norte (Girard, 1859, pi. xxxvm, figs. 1-7). These two references 
are evidently to one and the same locality, and to the same specimens. 
102 . Adinia multifasciata Grd. Galveston, St. Joseph Island, and Indianola (types of genus and 
species, Girard, 18596, and pi. xxxvm, figs. 12-14, Girard, 1859, as the female of Limia 
pcedloides) . Coast of Texas, ascending streams; our specimens from the Rio Grande (as 
Fundulus adinia, nom. sp. nov., Synopsis). Galveston (as Fundulus xenicus, Evermann, 1892). 
103 . Fundulus pallidus Evermann. Galveston Bay, near Swan Lake (type, Evermann, 1892, pi. 
xxxv, fig. 2). 
104 . Fundulus similis (B. & G.). Brackish waters in the vicinity of Indiauola (as Hydrargyra 
similis types, Baird & Girard, 1853, and Girard, 1859, pi. xxxv, figs. 1-8). Brownsville 
(as Hydrargyra similis, Jordan, 1878). Galveston (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Galveston and 
Corpus Christi (Evermann, 1892). 
105 . Fundulus zebrinus J. & G. “Between Fort Defiance and Fort Union, New Mexico” (as Hyd- 
rargyra zebra, Girard, 18596). Brownsville (as Fundulus zebra, Jordan, 1878). 'Fulton and 
Spring creeks near Creswell (Coate). 
106 . Fundulus diaphanus (Le S.). Comanche Creek, Mason County (Cope, 1880). 
