128 THE CYPRINODONTS. 
Haplochilus latipes. 
Pecilia latipes Schleg., 1850, Fauna Jap., Pisc., 224, pl. 102, fig. 5; Blk., 1853, Verh. Bat. Gen., 
XXV, ext. p. 18, —1854, Verh. B. G., XXVLI, ext. p. 32; Mart., 1876, Preuss. Exp. Zool., I, 126. 
Aplochilus latipes Blk., 1860, Act. Soc. Ind.-Ned., VII, Jap., VI, 99, —A. 8.8.1. N., ext. p. 59, — 
Cypr., 487, — 1879, Verh. K. A. W., XX, ext. p. 24. 
Haplochilus latipes Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 311; Mart., 1876, Preuss. Exp. Zool., I, 118, 401. 
B. 5; D.6; A. 19-20; Ll. 29. 
Body compressed, depth about equal to length of head. Head depressed, 
one fourth of the length to the base of the caudal, or one fifth of the total. 
Snout shorter than the eye, blunt. Mouth directed upward; lower jaw 
longer; upper short, protractile. Eye large, longer than snout, one third of 
head. Dorsal small, origin about two thirds of the distance from eye to base 
of caudal, base above the posterior third of that of the anal. Anal large, 
origin a little in advance of the middle of the total length. Ventrals small, 
reaching the vent. Pectorals reaching behind a vertical from the bases of 
the ventrals. Caudal subtruncate. 
Nearly uniform pale brownish, tinted with blue in life. Belly yellowish. 
Fresh waters of Japan. (From lit.) 
Haplochilus Playfairii. 
Haplochilus Playfairii Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 314; Playf. & Gth., 1866, Fish. Zanzib., 118, pl. XX, fig. 1; 
Playf., 1867, P. Z. S. Lond., 868; Blk., 1875, Poiss. Madagasc., 101; Pet., 1876, Mb. Brl. Ak., 445. 
D. 1257 A. 18: Vin Ge rbl32 = sane oO: 
Depth one fourth, and head four thirteenths of length from snout to base 
of caudal. Head rather elongate, much depressed anteriorly. Eye shorter 
than snout, one fourth of head, more than half of interorbital space. Jaws 
equal in length anteriorly. Dorsal origin midway from preeoperculum to end 
of caudal, above eighteenth scale of lateral line or middle of anal fin. Pec- 
toral hardly reaching beyond root of ventral; latter reaching anal. Con- 
spicuous sexual differences in the fins not apparent. 
Brownish, with three or four indistinct, serrated, dark, longitudinal bands. 
Sometimes a black line across the base of the middle dorsal rays. Attains a 
length of three and a half inches. 
Seychelles. (Giinther.) 
Yellowish olive, in life, with about seven longitudinal rows of red spots 
(between the serrated bands) corresponding to the series of scales; opercles 
with four similarly colored lines ; vertical fins spotted and reticulated with 
brown. (Playf. and Gth.) 
