GO 



CYPRINODONTID.E. 



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

 3f times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, nearly as long as 

 eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaAv projecting; eye of to 4 times 

 in length of head, twice in interorbital width ; prsBorbital not more than 

 -} diameter of eye. Dorsal 9-10, originating twice as far from centre or 

 anterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal ; 

 longest ray f to f length of head in female, antepenultimate produced 

 into a long filament in male. Anal 12-13, the antepenultimate ray pro- 

 duced into a very long filament in male. Pectoral | to | length of head, 



'.^^ 



Fij?. 45. 



Ilaplochilus calliurus. 

 6 2 . types. 



reaching base of ventrals in male, not in female ; ventral very small, 

 equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal, outer ray 

 produced into a short filament in male. Caudal rounded-acuminate or 

 decidedly pointed, one or two of the median rays sometimes produced in 

 males. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. 29-30 scales in 

 longitudinal series, 20-22 round body in front of ventrals; lateral line 

 indicated by a series of pits. Olive or brownish above, yellowish white 

 beneath, with carmine spots, which are larger and brighter in the males, 

 in which they may be confluent into longitudinal streaks ; fins greyish, 

 dorsal and caudal spotted with carmine ; in males, anal edged with 

 carmine and white, and lower border of caudal similarly marked. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Liberia. 



1-2, 3-12. Typos. Liberia. 



13-15. Ad. W. Africa. 



:\Ir. J.Paul Arnold (P.), 

 Mr. G. Gerlach (l\). 



21. HAPLOCHILUS STRIATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. k Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 101 1, p. 2(10. 



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

 3^ times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, shorter than e}e; 

 mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 3 j times in length 

 ol" head, Ih times in interorbital width; pricorbital about \ diameter of 

 v\v. Dorsal 9-10, originating twice as far from centre or anteiior 



