446 On new Fishes from the Nile. 
yellow stripe dotted with black along the dorsal line and the 
lower edge of the caudal peduncle, and a blackish line along 
each side of the caudal peduncle. 
Total length 30 millim. 
Several specimens from Fashoda and Lake No. 
Cyprinodontide. 
Haplochilus Loatt. 
D. 7-8. A. 14-15. Sq. 24-25 2. 
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Depth of body 44 to 5 times in total length, length of head 
4 to 44 times. Eye longer than snout, as long as postorbital 
part of head. Origin of dorsal above posterior third of anal, 
twice as far from the eye as from the root of the caudal. 
Caudal rounded. Yellowish olive above, the scales edged 
with darker, whitish beneath ; fins white, without markings. 
Total length 25 millim. 
Numerous specimens from Lake No. 
Easily distinguished from H. Marni, Stdr. (A. fascio- 
latus, Gthr., part.), by the larger scales and the absence of 
oblique dark bars on the body. 
Gobiide. 
Eleotris nanus. 
D. ¥, 10. A.8. Sq. 29=30. 
Body cylindrical or a little compressed, its depth nearly 
equal to length of head and contained 4 times in total length. 
Head as broad as deep; snout broad, rounded, as long as the 
eye, the diameter of which is contained 4 times in length of 
head; no preeopercular spine; maxillary extending to below 
centre of eye; no canine teeth. Scales strongly ciliated, 9 
between origin of second dorsal and anal. Caudal rounded, 
nearly as long as head. Brownish olive, dotted and marbled 
with blackish; fins dotted with blackish ; vertical dark bars 
on the sides of the head. 
Total length 38 millim. 
The first specimen of this species was obtained in a pond 
left by the Nile in the cataract country about 3 miles north 
of Kermeh; others were found at Fashoda and at the mouth 
of Lake No. 
