FUNDULUS. '-)( 



n. fundulukS t^niopygus. 



Fandiihts [Xothohrancldus) orthonotus, var., Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. nut. Fr. Berl. 



1888, p. 78. 

 K o ill ol) rand lius taniopf/r/iis, Hilgoml. op. cit. 1891, p. 20. 

 Finnlulns frrniopi/r,„s, Pfeff. Tliier\v. O.-Afr., Fisclio, p. 48 (189G) ; Hilgend. Zool. 



Jalirl)., .Sjst. xxii. 1905, p. 116 ; Bouleng. Y'lAi. Kile, p. 413, pi. Ixxix. fig. 5 



(1907). 



Depth of body of times in total length, length of head 3 to 3 J times. 

 Upper suiflice of head convex from between the eyes ; snout shoi t and 

 broad; mouth directed upwards; lower jaw projecting; eye 3J times in 

 length of head, 1 J times in interorbital width ; space between eye and 

 lip very narrow, the latter forming an angle fitting into a notch close to 

 the former. Dorsal 17, originating a little in advance of anal and at 



Fi". 28. 



Fandulus t(enio2nj'jii.s. 

 d , type (F. N.). 



equal distance from eye and from root of caudal, longest rays | to | 

 length of head. Anal 17-18. Small spine-like tubercles on the dorsal 

 and anal in the male. Pectoral about | length of head ; ventral midway 

 between end of snout and root of caudal. Caudal rounded. Caudal 

 peduncle IJ times as long as deep. 30-31 scales in longitudinal series, 

 22-24 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by an 

 interrupted series of pits. Male brown, with dark edges to the scales ; 

 dorsal fin dark purplish brown ; anal and caudal purplish broAvn, with 

 a whitish band across the middle. Female lighter and uniformly 

 coloured. 



Total length 52 millim. 



Lake Victoria, Lake Tshaya in Unyamwesi, and Bubu River, south of 

 Lake Mauyara. — Types in Berlin Museum. 

 1-3. Ad. Bulju R. near Irango. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



'• Bou II/III 



