IgI0.] J. T. Jenxins: Fish from India and Persia. 125 
This species somewhat resembles Cyprinodon punctatus,'a form 
identical with the Lebias punctatus of Heckel? which was recorded 
from Nemek-Deria, a salt-water lake near Shiraz. The number of 
rays in the dorsal and anal fins, the number of lateral line scales 
and in particular the number of lateral transverse rows of scales 
differentiate C. blanfordii from C. punctatus. 
Cyprinodon perstcus, sp. nov. (PI. vi, fig. 4.) 
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Height of body 3'5 times, length of head 3°7 times, in total 
length inclusive of caudal. 
Body elevated and compressed. Snout obtuse, mandible 
directed upwards. Diameter of eye 1% length of snout and 21 in 
length of head. Interorbital space broad, not less than one 
and a half times diameter of eye. Origin of dorsal much nearer to 
root of caudal than to eye and situated considerably behind the 
vertical from the root of the ventral, which is half-way between 
the tip of the snout and the base of the caudal. 
Colour (in spirit).—The head and body are both light brown 
in colour. Along the body there is a number (10) of vertical white 
stripes, running from the ventral surface to just below the dorsal 
margin. The operculum is unspotted. The dorsal fin is blackish 
except at the margin and base, both of which are whitish. The 
other fins are pale yellow. In one of the two specimens there is a 
pale band running across the snout between the eyes. 
Locality.—Spring on the edge of Shiraz Lake, Southern Persia 
(Reg. Nos. 9403-4). 
This species comes near Cyprinodon sophie’ (Lebias sophie of 
Heckel), but differs from it in the number of fin rays and lateral 
line scales. The lateral transverse row is 7 in C. sobiue, whereas 
in C. persicus it is 14. The origin of the dorsal fin is also markedly 
different in the two species; in C. sophia it is midway between the 
root of the caudal and the eye, whereas in C. ferstcus it is much 
nearer the former. 
Cyprinodon pluristriatus, sp. nov. (Pl. vi, fig. 5.) 
PLL Vt Oe OP oT5e. 20. 1.12 20-30 estes cat 
Height of body 3°5 times in length of head and 4 in total 
length inclusive of caudal. 
Body elevated and compressed, snout obtuse. Diameter of 
eye nearly equal to length of snout. Interorbital space about 1% 
diameter of eye. Origin of dorsal much nearer to root of caudal 
than to eye. 
1 See Giinther’s Catalogue, vol. vi, p. 305. F 
2 In Russegger, Reisen, ii, 3, p. 268, taf. 22, fig. 3 (quotation taken from 
Giinther). 
8 See Giinther’s Cat., vol. vi, p. 304. 
