76 ATIIEEINIDJ.. 



2. ATHERINA GABONENSTS. 



IscJinomemhms ijahinen'^i.'i, 11. W. Fowler, Proc. Ao. Pliilail. Iv. I'.HM. p. 73- 



pl. xlii. 

 Atherina gahomnsin, Boiileng. Ann. k Mag. N. H. (7) svi. IflOo, p. 52. 



Depth of Ijody G times in total length, length of head oj times. 

 Snout pointed, depressed, a little longer than eye, which is o\ times in 

 length of head and nearly equals interorbital width; lower jaw slightly 

 projecting; moutli not extending quite to below anterior border of eye; 

 teeth minute, in a narrow band. Gill-rakers short, not more than 4 

 length of gill-laminoe. Dorsals VI, 1 9; second dorsal originating 

 above middle of anal, widely separated from first. Anal 1 IH. Pectoral 

 shorter than head, reaching a little beyond root of ventral. Caudal 

 emarginate. vScales thin, about 4(1 in a longitudinal series. Pale brown, 

 witli a narrow silvery lateral band. 



Total length CO millim. 



Gaboon River, West Africa. — Type in Museum of Academy of 

 Pliiladelphia. 



3. ATHEiaXA SIKOR.E. 



Kleotns .nkovw, Sauv. Hist. MaJag., Poiss. p. 521, pi. xliv. c. lig. 2 (181)1) ; 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, xiii. 1<.)07, p. 20(;. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, about 4 times in total length. 

 Head fiat above, a bony prominence on tip of snout; eye as long 

 as snout, equal to interorbital width; lower jaw projecting; mouth 

 extending to below centre of eye. Dorsals VH, I 15 ; second dorsal 

 narrowly separated from first and exactly opposed to anal. Anal I 1(1. 

 38 scales in longitudiual scries. Yellowish, with a dark (Udvery) 

 lateral band, tlie scales above the band dark-edged ; fins partly 

 blackish. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Mountain streams, Eastern Madagascar. — Type in Paris Museum. 



4. ATHERINA ALAOTREXSIS. 

 Pellcgv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Franco, xxxix. 11»14, p. 4(;. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3} to 

 3§ times. Head flat above ; eye as long as or a little shorter thau 

 snout, 3^ to 3f times in length of head, 1^ to IJ times in interorbital 

 width; lower jaw projecting ; mouth extending a little beyond vertical 

 of anterior border of eve. 10-11 moderatclv lon^; gill-rakers on lower 



