. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. Fig. 51 May-fish. Fundidus majcdis. Female. 124. FUNDULUS HETEROOLITUS (Linnaeus). "Minnow"; Mud-fish; Mummicliog. Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 500,1766; Charleston, South Carolina. Fwndulus piaculentua. Yarrow, 1877, 214; Beaufort Harbor, Fundulue heteroditus, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 384; Beaufort Harbor. Jenkins, 1887, 86; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 640, pi. cii, fig. 273. Linton, 1905, 356; Fig. 52. Mud-fish. Fundidus heteroditus. Male. Diagnosis.—^Body rather short and deep, but Uttle c
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. Fig. 51 May-fish. Fundidus majcdis. Female. 124. FUNDULUS HETEROOLITUS (Linnaeus). "Minnow"; Mud-fish; Mummicliog. Cobitis heteroclita Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 500,1766; Charleston, South Carolina. Fwndulus piaculentua. Yarrow, 1877, 214; Beaufort Harbor, Fundulue heteroditus, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 384; Beaufort Harbor. Jenkins, 1887, 86; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 640, pi. cii, fig. 273. Linton, 1905, 356; Fig. 52. Mud-fish. Fundidus heteroditus. Male. Diagnosis.—^Body rather short and deep, but Uttle compressed, depth rather more than .25 length; head rather short and blunt, its length contained 3 to times in total length; mouth small, very obUque; teeth pointed, in bands; eye .2 to .25 length of head, equal to snout and .5 width of interorbital space; scales in lateral series 35 to 38, in transverse series 13 to 15; dorsal rays 11; anal rays 10 or 11, oviduct attached to first ray; caudal fin rounded. Color: Male, dark green above, yellow on belly; sides with narrow vertical silvery white bars, between which are numerous small, irregular whitish or yeUow spots; head yellow below; vertical fins. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Hugh McCormick, 1865-1941. Raleigh, N. C. : E. M. Uzzell
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