320 cTPRiNouoNTin.i;. 



/3. Species of the Old World. 



16. Fundulus hispanicus. 



Hydrargyra hispanica, Ckv. Sf Val. xviii. p. 214, pi. 531. fig. 1 (feni.) ; 

 Steindnchncr, Sitzgshcr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1805, lii. figs. 4-5. 



D. 10-11. A. 12-14. L. lat. 29-32. L. transv. 8-9. 



The height of the body is a little less than the length of the head, 

 and somewhat more than one-foui'th of the total (with the caudal). 

 The diameter of the eye equals the length of the snout, and is nearly 

 one-fourth of that of the head. Dorsal and anal fins well developed. 

 The origin of the dorsal is nearer to the root of the caudal than to 

 the giU-opening, and opposite to that of the anal. Caudal rounded. 

 Scales of the upper part of the trunk with a blackish spot at the 

 base, the spots being more distinct in the male than in the female. 



Fresh waters of Spain. 



Bellotti, Mem. Accad. Sc. Torln. 1858, x\-ii. p. clx, considers this 

 species to be the female of Cyprinodon iherus — which is evidently 

 an error. 



17. Fundulus orthonotus. 



C\prinodon orthonotus, Peters, Mcniatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1844, 



p. 35. 

 Hydrargyra niaculata, Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 269. 



D. 15. A. 15-10. V. 5. L. lat. 30-32. L. transv. 10. 



The height of the body is about equal to the length of the head, 

 which is contained thi-ice and one-third in the total length (without 

 caudal). Head thick, short, with the snout obtuse, the lower jaw 

 projecting- beyond the upper. Diameter of the eye about equal to 

 the extent of the snout, one-half of the interorbital space, and two- 

 ninths of the length of the head. The origin of the doi-sal fin is 

 midway between the root of the caiidal and the eye in males, and 

 equidistant between the root of the caiidal and the praeoperculum in 

 females. The origin of the anal is oppcsite to that of the dorsal in 

 males, and somewhat more backwards in females, in which, besides, 

 the anterior anal rays are stiff and inflexible. The male has the 

 vertical fins and the pectorals much more elongate than the female. 

 Specimens of this sex have all the scales provided with a more or 

 less broad, beautiful carmine-red margin. Sides of the head and 

 the dorsal and anal fins with carmine-red spots. Caudal entirely 

 red. Females have the tail and the base of the anal and caudal 

 dotted with black. 



East coast of Africa. 



a-h. Adult male and female. Mozambique. From the Berlin 

 Museum. 



c. Adult male. Quilhmane. Presented by Dr. Kirk. 



d. Adult male. Zanzibar. Presented by Colonel Playfair. 



e. Several males. Pangani River. Presented by Colonel Playfair. 

 f-fj. Adult females. Seychelles. Presented by Colonel Playfair. 



