126 THE CYPRINODONTS. 
Haplochilus Dayi. 
Haplochilus (Panchax) Dayi Steind., 1892, Denk. Ak. Wien, LIX, 376, pl. 1, fig. 2-2%. 
D. 6-7; A. 15; Ll. 29-30. 
Allied to H. lineatus but differmg in coloration and in the fins. Head 
about half as wide as long. Snout three, and eye three and one half times 
in the length of the head. Vomerine teeth present. Dorsal origin above 
the base of the hindmost anal ray, 24-25 scales from the snout. Medium 
caudal rays longest. Second ray of ventrals prolonged ; longer on males. 
Posterior rays and angle of anal produced on the male. 
Fins more or less freckled or spotted with brown. Females commonly 
with six to eight vertical bars of brown on the lower portions of the flanks. 
Males with some or without any of the blotches on the sides. A silvery spot 
on the top of the head. (Steindachner.) 
Ceylon. 
Haplochilus rubrostigma. 
Aplocheilus rubrostigma Jerd, 1849, M. J. L. & Sc., 331. 
Panchax rubrostigma Day, 1867, P. Z. 8. Lond., 706. 
Haplochilus rubrostigma Day, 1872, J. As. Soc., 259, — 1873, Fish. Ind. & Burma, 276, — 1878, Ind. 
Fishes, 522, pl. 121, fig. 5; Beav., 1877, Fish. Ind., 156. 
Aplocheilus afinis Jerd., 1849, M. J. L. & Se., 331. 
D; 8; A. 17-18; V. 6; P.lbs Gloss); Mictr-e2: 
Body compressed, depth less than length of head; caudal pedicel more 
slender. Length of head near two sevenths of the distance from snout to 
base of caudal. Eye four fifths of snout, two thirds of forehead, four thir- 
teenths of head. Jaws about equal in length, maxilla reaching to below first 
third of eye. Teeth in the outer row of each jaw much enlarged, hooked. 
Base of dorsal above the hindmost rays of anal. Anal rays much shorter 
anteriorly, increasing in length to the last. Second ray of ventral elongate, 
reaching the middle of the anal. Pectoral not quite as long as the head. 
Median caudal rays rather prolonged. 
Reddish brown above, shading to yellowish on the sides and below. Each 
scale along the sides with a central red spot. A silvery spot on the occiput. 
A row, or two, of red spots along the base of the anal, and some on the 
dorsal. A few dark spots on the caudal. Reaches three inches. 
Malabar coast of India ; lower portion of the Coromandel coast. (Day.) 
