THE CYPRINODONTS. 133 
Body rounded forward, compressed posteriorly; depth one fifth of the 
total length. Head depressed, crown flat. Eye two thirds of the inter- 
orbital space, two sevenths of the head. Lower jaw little longer than the 
upper. Teeth small, in bands, outer series larger. Dorsal origin midway 
from the edge of the opercle to the end of the caudal, slightly backward 
from the middle of the anal. Pectorals terminating far in front of the 
origin of ventrals, which are small. Caudal rounded, one seventh of the 
total. 
Body brownish, lighter below. Dorsal and anal with brownish dots on a 
yellowish ground. A large spot of black on the neck. 
Madagascar. (Sauvage.) 
The published figure of this fish shows the snout to differ from that of 
the typical Haplochili. The intermaxillaries are apparently similar to those 
of Fundulus. Nothing is said concerning pseudobranchiw. Until we know 
more of its characters the position of this species must remain doubtful. 
Haplochilus Dovii. 
Haplochilns dovii Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 316, — 1868, Trans. Zool. Soc., VI, 481, pl. 82, fig. 5; Jor., 
1886, P. U. S. Mus., VIII, 368. 
Zygonectes dovii Eig., 1893, P. U. S. Mus., XVI, 56. 
D.8; A. 14; V.6; LI. 31; Ltr. 8. 
Body elongate, depth five, and head three and two thirds times in the 
length to the base of the caudal. Head long, depressed, with flat crown. 
Snout long, broad; upper jaw little longer. Eye in the middle of the length of 
the head, of which it is two ninths, more than half of the interorbital space. 
Fins well developed ; dorsal origin little nearer to end of caudal than to gill 
opening, above twenty-third scale of the lateral line; anal entirely forward 
of dorsal and behind the middle of the total length; pectorals reaching the 
ventrals; ventral reaching the vent ; caudal rounded. 
Light brownish olive ; caudal and inner portions of dorsal and anal with 
blackish cross bands or series of spots; basal half of caudal with round spots 
of light color. The specimens described were six inches in length, probably 
males. 
From Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. (Giinther.) 
