126 THE CYPRLNODONTS. 



Haplochilus Dayl. 



Haplochilus {Panchax) Bayi Steind., 1892, Denk. Ak. Wien, LIX, 376, pi. 1, fig. 2-2*. 



D. 6-7 ; A. 15 ; LI. 29-30. 



Allied to H. lineatus but differing in coloration and in the fins. Head 

 about half as wide as long. Snout three, and eye three and one half times 

 in the length of the head. Vomerine teeth present. Dorsal origin above 

 the base of the hindmost anal ray, 24-25 scales from the snout. Medium 

 caudal rays longest. Second ray of ventrals prolonged ; longer on males. 

 Posterior rays and angle of anal produced on the male. 



Fins more or less freckled or spotted with brown. Females commonly 

 with six to eight vertical bars of brown on the lower portions of the flanks. 

 Males with some or without any of the blotches on the sides. A silvery spot 

 on the top of the head. (Steindachner.) 



Ceylon. 



Haplochilus rubrostigma. 



Aplocheihis rubrostigma Jerd, 1849, M. J. L. & Sc, 331. 

 Panchax rubrostigma Day, 1867, P. Z. S. Lond., 706. 



Haplochilus rubrostigma Day, 1S72, J. As. Soc, 259, — 1873, Fisli. Ind. & Burma, 276,-1878, Ind. 

 Fishes, 522, pi. 121, fig. 5 ; Beav., 1877, Fish. Ind., 156. 

 Aplocheilus affinis Jerd., 1849, M. J. L. & Sc, 331. 



D. 8 ; A. 17-18 ; V. 6 ; P. 15 ; LI. 33 ; Ltr. 9. 



Body compressed, depth less than length of head ; caudal pedicel more 

 slender. Length of head near two sevenths of the distance from snout to 

 base of caudal. Eye four fifths of snout, two thirds of forehead, four thir- 

 teenths of head. Jaw.s about equal in length, maxilla reaching to below first 

 third of eye. Teeth in the outer row of each jaw much enlarged, hooked. 

 Base of dorsal above the hindmost rays of anal. Anal rays much shorter 

 anteriorly, increasing in length to the last. Second ray of ventral elongate, 

 reaching the middle of the anal. Pectoral not quite as long as the head. 

 Median caudal rays rather prolonged. 



Reddish brown above, shading to yellowish on the sides and below. Each 

 scale along the sides with a central red spot. A silvery spot on the occiput. 

 A row, or two, of red spots along the base of the anal, and some on the 

 dorsal. A few dark spots on the caudal. Reaches three inches. 



Malabar coast of India ; lower portion of the Coromandel coast. (Day.) 



