20 ATHERINID^: SILVERSIDES 



2. Bedotia madagascarensis Regan, 1903. 



Bedotia madagascarensis Regan, Rev. Suisse Zool., 11, 416, pi. 14, fig. 2, 1903. 

 BouLENGER, Catalogue Fresh-water Fishes Africa, 4, 76, 1916. 

 Type-locality. — Fresh waters of Madagascar. 

 Range. — Fresh waters of Madagascar. 



3. Bedotia longianalis Pellegrin, 1914. 



Bedotia longianalis Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 39, 178, 1914. 



Type-locality. — Mahambo, on the east coast of Madagascar. 

 Range. — Madagascar, probably in fresh or brackish water. 



4. Bedotia geayi Pellegrin, 1907. 



Bedotia geayi Pellegrin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 13, 205, 1907 ; Bull Soc. Nat. 

 Ac. France, 55, 55, 1908. 

 Type-locality. — A tributary of the Bas-Mananjary. Madagascar. 

 Range. — Fresh waters of Madagascar. 



Subfamily RHEOCLIN^. 



III. RHEOCLES Jordan and Hubbs, 1919. 



Rheocles Jordan and Hubbs, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phi la., 1919. 343. 



Orthotypc. — Eleotris sikor^ Sauvage. 

 Range. — Fresh waters of Madagascar. 



Dor.sal fins closely approximated, the spines of the first dorsal all 

 flexible, none produced as filaments ; anal fin of moderate length, com- 

 posed of one spine and 14 to 16 soft rays ; pectoral fins high, the ventrals 

 not far behind them ; caudal emarginate. Premaxillaries protractile, 

 without an anterolateral notch ; fewer than 12 conical gill-rakers on lower 

 limb of first arch. 



This well-miarked genus bears considerable resemblance to Bedotia 

 of the same region, and to the Melanot,t<;niin,e of the Australian fauna. 



5. Rheocles sikorae (Sauvage), 1891. 



Eleotris sikor^ Sauvage, Hist. Madag., Poiss., 521, pi. 44 C, fig. 2, 1891. 



Atherina sikor^ Boulenger, Zool. Rec, 20, 1891 ; Catalogue Fresh-water Fishes 

 Africa, 4, 76, 1916. 



Type-locality. — Streams of the eastern slope of the central range of Madagascar. 

 Ratige. — Fresh waters of eastern Madagascar. 



6. Rheocles alaotrensis (Pellegrin), 1914. 



Atherina alaotrensis Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 39, 46, 1914; Boulenger, 

 Catalogue Fresh-ivatcr Fishes Africa, 4, 76, 1916. 

 Type-locality. — Lake Alaotra, Madagascar. 

 Range. — Lake Alaotra, in eastern Madagascar. 



