128 THE CYPEENODONTS. 



Haplochilus latipes- 



Poecilia latipes Sclileg., 1850, Fauna Jap., Pise, 22i, pi. 102, fig. 5; Blk., 1853, Verb. Bat. Gen., 

 XXV, ext. p. 18,-1854, Verh. B. G., XXVI, est. p. 32 ; Mart., 1876, Prcuss. Exp. Zool., 1, 126. 



Aplochilus latipes Blk,, 1860, Act. Soc. Ind.-Ned.,VII, Jap., VI, 99,— A. S. S.I. N., ext. p. 59,— 

 Cypr., 487,-1879, Verb. K. A. W., XX, ext. p. 24. 



Haplochilui latipes Gtli., 1866, Cat., VI, 311 ; M:;iri., 1876, Preuss. Exp. Zool, I, 118, 401. 



B. 5 ; D. 6 ; A. 19-20 ; LI. 29. 



Body compressed, depth about equal to length of head. Head depressed, 

 one fourth of the length to the base of the caudal, or one fifth of the total. 

 Snout shorter than the eye, blunt. Mouth directed upward ; lower jaw 

 longer ; upper short, protractile. Eye large, longer than snout, one third of 

 head. Dorsal small, origin about two thirds of the distance from eye to base 

 of caudal, base above the posterior third of that of the anal. Anal large, 

 origin a little in advance of the middle of the total length. Ventrals small, 

 reaching the vent. Pectorals reaching behind a vertical from the bases of 

 the ventrals. Caudal subtruncate. 



Nearly uniform pale brownish, tinted with blue in life. Belly yellowish. 



Fresh waters of Japan. (From ht.) 



Haplochilus Playfairii. 



Haplochilus Playfairii Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 314 ; Playf. & Gtli., 1866, Fish. Zauzib., 118, pi. XX, fig. 1 ; 

 Playf., 1867, P. Z. S. Lond., 868 ; Blk., 1875, Poiss. Madagasc., 101; Pet., 1876, Mb. Brl. Ak., 445. 



D. 12 ; A. 18 ; V. 6 ; LI. 32 ; Ltr. 9. 



Depth one fourth, and head four thirteenths of length from snout to base 

 of caudal. Head rather elongate, much depressed anteriorly. Eye shorter 

 than snout, one fourth of head, more than half of interorbital sjjace. Jaws 

 equal in length anteriorly. Dorsal origin midway from praeoperculum to end 

 of caudal, above eighteenth scale of lateral line or middle of anal fin. Pec- 

 toral hardly reaching beyond root of ventral ; latter reaching anal. Con- 

 spicuous sexual differences in the fins not apparent. 



Brownish, with three or four indistinct, serrated, dark, longitudinal bands. 

 Sometimes a black line across the base of the middle dorsal rays. Attains a 

 length of three and a half inches. 



Seychelles. (Glinther.) 



Yellowish olive, in life, with about seven longitudinal rows of red spots 

 (between the sciTated bands) corresponding to the series of scales ; opercles 

 with four similarly colored lines ; vertical fins spotted and reticulated with 

 brown. (Playf and Gth.) 



