. The cyprinodonts. Cyprinodontidae. THE CYPRINODONTS. 27 length are more nearly uniform in color. An individual of about one inch has the dorsal blotches more distinct and separated from the lateral by a light stripe, below which there is a series of eight triangular or v-shaped blotches, some of which coalesce. Below the eye downward and forward a brown spot extends to the chin. On the cheeks, snout, and top of head there are dots or mottlings of darker. Florida to Texas. Cyprinodon Floridae. Plate I, Fig. 4, teeth. Jordanella Florida Goode, 1880, P. U. S. Mus., II, 117; Jor. 1881, P. U. S.
. The cyprinodonts. Cyprinodontidae. THE CYPRINODONTS. 27 length are more nearly uniform in color. An individual of about one inch has the dorsal blotches more distinct and separated from the lateral by a light stripe, below which there is a series of eight triangular or v-shaped blotches, some of which coalesce. Below the eye downward and forward a brown spot extends to the chin. On the cheeks, snout, and top of head there are dots or mottlings of darker. Florida to Texas. Cyprinodon Floridae. Plate I, Fig. 4, teeth. Jordanella Florida Goode, 1880, P. U. S. Mus., II, 117; Jor. 1881, P. U. S. Mus., Ill, 20,-1885, P. U. S. Mus., VII, 322 ; Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 328 ; Hensh., 1891, B. U. S. F. Coni., IX, 374; Woolm., 1S92, B. U. S. F. Com., X, 294, 296, 298, 300, pi. 52, fig. 4. B. 5; D. 17 (16-18); A. 12 (11-13); V. 6; P. 14; LI. 25-27; Ltr. 11- 10; Vert. 13+14. Body and head compressed ; crown flattened ; caudal pedicel deep, taper- ing more, in a lateral view, than on other species; back arched, descending gradually toward the caudal from the origin of the dorsal. Depth one third of total length ; head one third of distance from snout to base of caudal. Snout short, blunt; chin steep. Mouth medium, oblique, opening upward ; lower jaws longer, firmly united; upper shorter, protractile. Teeth in a single series on each jaw, tricuspid. Eye large, one third longer than snout, one third of head, nearly as wide as forehead. Dorsal elongate, originating about midway from the middle of the eye to the base of the caudal; base little shorter than head, extending little backward of that of anal; first ray strong, spine-like, following rays weak and slender. Anal small, originating in front of a vertical from the middle of the dorsal base. Ventrals small, not reaching anal. Pectorals reaching bases of ventrals. Caudal large, convex on hind margin. Scales large, humeral scales larger. Intestine nearly thrice the length of the body. Brownish to -olivaceous, with
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