. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 147 In some specimens inches long (taken July 25, 1900) the vertical bars have begun to fade, and the longitudinal stripes have appeared; the smallest male in this lot in which the dorsal ocellus is visible is 2 inches long. In this and other lots, there are males inches' long in which the ocellus has not appeared. Either the rate of growth is very irregular or the spawning time is protracted, as a lot of young fish seined in Beaufort Harbor July 25, 1900, varied from .5 to inches in Fig. 51 May-fis
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 147 In some specimens inches long (taken July 25, 1900) the vertical bars have begun to fade, and the longitudinal stripes have appeared; the smallest male in this lot in which the dorsal ocellus is visible is 2 inches long. In this and other lots, there are males inches' long in which the ocellus has not appeared. Either the rate of growth is very irregular or the spawning time is protracted, as a lot of young fish seined in Beaufort Harbor July 25, 1900, varied from .5 to inches in 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; 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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