CYPRINODON. 19 



Cyj)rinodon fasciatus^ Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 156 ; Martens, Arcli. f. Nat. xxiv. 1858, 

 p. 153, pi. iv. fig. 4 ; Giinth. t. c. p. 303 ; Sauv. op. cit. p. 8. 



Cijjn'inodon hammonis, Cuy. & Val. t. c. p. 169 ; Martens, t. c. p. 155, pi. iv. fig. 5 ; 

 Sauv. op. cit. p. 10, pi. iii. figs. 3 & 4. 



Ci/prinodon dispar (non Riipp.), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 474. 



Ci/jJrinodon a/anogaster, Guichen. Rev. & Mag. Zool. (2) xi. 1859, p. 378. 



Cyprinodon doliatvs, Guichen. t. c. p. 379. 



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

 3 to 3J times. Snout very short, squarely truncate, with the mouth 

 terminal and directed upwards, the lower jaw projecting very slightly; 

 I'J to 16 teeth in each jaw ; diameter of eye 3 to 3| times in the length 

 of the head, interorbital width about twice. Dorsal 10-12 (rarely 13), 

 originating a little in advance of the anal and at nearly equal distance 

 from eye and from root of caudal, longest rays about ^ length of head 

 in females, f to f in males. Anal 10-12 (rarely 9 or 13), similar to 



Fijr. 11. 



Cyprinodon fascUitvs. 

 6 2 , Ghet-el-Nassara (F. N.)- 



dorsal. Pectoral about § length of head, much longer than ventral, 

 which is nearly midway between end of snout and root of caudal. 

 Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle IJ to If times as long as deep. 

 25-30 (usually 26-28) scales in longitudinal series, 22-26 (26-30 in 

 Dalmatian specimens) round body in front of ventral fins; lateral line 

 usually indicated by an interrupted series of pits. Dark greyish olive 

 above, white beneath ; fins white in females, yellow in males, the 

 dorsal in the latter being bordered with black ; a blackish bar some- 

 times crosses the caudal fin in males; females with 10 to 15 narrow 

 blackish bars on each side of the body, not extending to the back 

 or belly, and a more or less distinct round black spot at the root of the 

 caudal fin ; males with broader dark bars, usually broader than the 

 spaces between them, and extending down to the bases of the ventral 

 and anal fins, these bars varying from grey to black. 



Total length 57 millim. 



Fresh and brackish waters of Italy, Sardinia, Istria, Dalmatia, Asia 

 Minor, Cyprus, and North Africa. — Types in Paris Museum. 



