I.ONNBERG. FISHES. 



The present specimens of A. ;/m/n//.v are light brownish, indistinctly spotted with 

 darker, the spots having a tendency of becoming confluent to bands along the lateral 

 line and on the back on either side of the dorsal fin. 



Fam. Cy 



FiiiKlulus palmqvisti ' n. sp. 



28 specimens (mostly small) from an inundated cocoa plantation at Tanga 5 /o 190f>. 



Upper surface of head broad and flat, its upper contour straight or even a little 

 concave. Body compressed at once behind the occiput. 



Depth of body less than length of head, the former is contained from 2 3 /+ to 3 times, 

 the latter about 3Va times in total length without caudal. Snout equal to or a little 

 longer than the diameter of eye, which is contained about 4 times in length of head and 

 l 2 /a times in interorbital width. Dorsal with 16 rays, its origin is situated in about 

 the same distance from the hindmargin of the eye and the middle of the base of the 

 caudal a little in front of the vertical through the origin of the anal; its longest rays in 

 the male about 5 /c of the length of head. Anal with 15 rays, its origin a little behind 

 that of the dorsal and its rays a little shorter in the male. Anal rays beset with short 

 spines. Pectoral about 3 /3 of length of head, reaching base of ventrals in male. Caudal 

 peduncle longer than deep. Lateral line 27 28 (3 4 smaller caudal scales not counted) 

 10 scales between ventrals and origin of dorsal. 



Every scale of the male has near its posterior margin a carmine red band and 

 these bands are connected with each other so as to formi continuous, transversal, some- 

 what wavy red bands across the body in similar number as the transverse series of sca- 

 les. These bands are less bright just behind the head. Caudal fin bright red; anal 

 and dorsal fins with carmine red spots in the shape of short streaks on the rays a little 

 weaker on the web but connected into irregular bands across the fins. 



Female uniformly coloured, probably greenish in life, without markings. The lar- 

 gest male measures from tip of snout to end of caudal fin 42 mm. This Fundulus is 

 nearly related to F. guntheri PFEFFER but the latter has a greater number of scales (30 

 32) in the lateral line and depth of body greater than the length of head which is 3Va 

 times in total length without caudal. The situation of the origin of dorsal and anal 

 fins is also different in F. guntheri in which both begin at the same vertical. The anal 

 rays are longer in F. palmqvisti, being almost equal to the depth of the body, but in F. 

 guntheri according to the available figures 2 very much less. According to the same the 

 caudal fin of F. guntheri is more rounded and in F. palmqvisti more squarely truncate? 

 and at the same time it has no dark margin or spots in the latter species. 



Of F. melanospilus PFEFFER only the female is known and it is blackspotted. 

 F. tceniopygiis from Victoria Nyassa differs in its colour as well, and in the male not 

 only anal but also dorsal rays are beset with small spines. 



1 Named in honour of Mr. (1. I'alnup i>t. the nmrcnns of the expedition. 



- I'FEFFEK: I>ic Fi-rhr <M Afrik;is p. 17. Fiu r . 1!': (iivniKK ;iml I'l.Avr.Mi; : The Fisrlics of /aii/ilnu 

 I'l. XVII tit!. 2. 



