30 THE CYPRINODONTS. 
Bean, 1880, P. U.S. Mus., II, 32; Sauv., 1880, Nouv. Arch., ITI (2), 6, 15, — 1882, Revoil, Faune et Flore, 
6; Vincig., 1884, Ann. Mus. Gen., XX, 441; Seel., 1886, Fish. Eur., 22, 369. 
Cyprinodon Moseas Val., 1846, C.V. Poiss., XVIII, 168, pl. 528; Heck., 1849, Ichth. Russeg., IT, 
326, 330; Blk., 1860, Cypr., 484. 
Cyprinodon Hammonis Val., 1846, C.V. Poiss., XVIII, 169; Heck., 1849, Ichth. Russeg., II, 321, 323, 
329; Mart., 1858, Wiegm. Arch., XXIV, 155, pl. 4, fig. 5; Blk., 1860, Cypr., 484. 
Cyprinodon ammonis Sauy., 1882, Revoil, Faune et Flore, 10. 
Cyprinodon cyanogaster Guich., 1859, Rev. & Mag., 378; Gerv., 1866, Compt. rend., LXIII. 
Cyprinodon doliatus Guich., 1859, Rev. & Mag., 379; Gerv., 1866, Compt. rend., LXIIT. 
Cyprinodon dispar Gth., 1859, P. Z. 8. Lond., 470, 474, 
Var. fasciata. 
Lebias fasciata Val., 1828, Humb. Obs., II, 160, pl. 51, f. 4; Wagn., 1828, Isis, XXI, 1055; Cuv., 
1829, R. An., IT, 280. 
Aphanius fasciatus Nardo, Isis, XX, for 1827, 482, 488, — Ichth., pp. 17 & 23. 
Cyprinodon fasciatus Val., 1846, C.V. Poiss., XVIII, 156 ; Mart., 1858, Wiegm. Arch., XXIV, 153, pl. 
4, fig. 4; Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 303; Sauv., 1882, Revoil, Faune et Flore, 8. 
Lebias lineato-punctata Wagn., 1828, Isis, XXI, 1055, pl. 12, fig. 1-6. 
Lebias nigropunctata Bonap., 1841, Fauna Ital. Pesci. 
Lebias sarda Wagn., 1828, Isis, XXI, 1055, pl. 12, fig. 7. 
Cyprinodon calaritanus var. fasciatus Seel., 1886, Fish. Eur., 22, 370. 
B. 5; D. 12-10; A. 11-10; V.7-6; P..15; Ll. 26-27; Ltr, 8-9; Vert. 
13 +13. 
Form moderately elongate and compressed, depressed on head and nape. 
Head as wide as deep, length equal depth of body, less than one third of the 
length from snout to base of caudal ; crown broad, very little arched. Snout 
shorter than eye, blunt, broadly rounded ; chin steep. Mouth moderately 
large, opening directed upward; lower jaws longer; upper short, protrac- 
tile. Kye large, longer than snout, one third of head, two thirds of fore- 
head. Dorsal origin about midway from occiput to base of caudal, or half 
way from snout to end of caudal. Anal origin below fourth or fifth ray of 
dorsal. Ventrals small, not reaching anal. Pectorals hardly reaching a 
vertical from the bases of the ventrals. Fins rounded. Caudal deep, sub- 
truncate to slightly concave on the hind margin, nearly as long as the head. 
Ventrals with six rays, apparently, are rare. 
Silvery, brownish on the upper half of the body and head. With nine to 
a dozen narrow brownish bands across the flank; the hindmost commonly 
including a small spot of blackish at the root of the caudal. Frequently the 
vertical bands are so short that they may be described as a series of vertical 
spots along the middle of the side. Under each scale of the flank, specimens 
from Venice show one to several short lines that from scale to scale form 
four or five longitudinal streaks of whitish. On these specimens the trans- 
verse bars extend farther toward the median lines of back or belly than on 
the species proper, which is the principal reason for separating them under 
the variety name fasciata. 
