ATllERINA— HEDOTIA. ii 



part of anterior arch. Dorsals VI, I 10-12; second dorsal narrowly 

 separated from first and exactly opposed to anal. Anal 1 li-l(i. 

 38-42 scales in longitudinal series. Greenish above, yellow on tlie 

 sides and below, with a narrow silvery lateral band ; fins blackish grey, 

 except the ventrals, whicli are yellow. 



Total length 140 niillim. 



T/ake Alaotra, Ambatoudrazaka District, Madagascar. — Types in Paris 

 Museum. 



2. BEDOTIA. 



licgioi, UfV. Suisse Zool. xi. I'.Mi:'), p. lid. 



Distinguished fiom the preceding by tlic less protractile ]iraMna,\illary, 

 the anterior part of whicli is separated by a notch from the lateral, 

 and tliu more antcn-ior position of the ventral tins. 



l-'rcsh waters of Madagascar. 



'iwo species : — 



I). V, I 11; A. I 18; ventral iiiscitcd 



l)C'lo\v niicidle of jioctond .... 1. />'. /((((i/iya.sctn /(';).«/.<, IJogan, p. 77. 

 P. IV-V, I 10-11 ; A. I 11-10; veiitial 



inserteil IjoIuw posterior tliii'ii ol' 



lioctoral 2. />'. ycay, I'ellfj^r., p. 77. 



1. BEDOTIA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 

 IJegan, 1. c. pi. xiv. i\<^. 2. 



Depth of body 4j times in total length, length of head o? times. 

 Snout scarcely longer than eye, which is 'Sh times in lengtli of head 

 and a little less than iuterorbital width ; mouth extending to below 

 anterior third of eye. Dorsals V, 1 11, widely separated from each 

 otlier. Anal I 18, originating below anterior dorsal. Pectoral § length 

 of head. Ventral only a little behind vertical of base of pectoral. 

 Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle Ij times as long as deep, o-j scales 

 in longitudinal series, 8 in transverse scries. Uniform brownish. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Madagascar. — Type in Geneva Museum. 



2. BEDOTIA GEAYI. 

 rollegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, xiii. 1907, p. 205. 



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

 3^ times. Snout as long as eye, which is 3 to nh times in length 

 of head and about U times in interorbital width; moiitli extending to 



