190 LÖNNBEEG, NOTES ON FISHES COLLECTBD IN THE CAMBROONS. 



that H. fasciolatus and infrafasciatus are forms of the same 

 species, and if such is the case they ought to be known by the 

 latter name, which is the older. 



The specimen from the Cameroons ressembles, by its greater 

 number of anal rays and rather large pectorals, the fasciola- 

 tus-type. 



Fundulus hivittatus n. sp. 



A species of the genus Fundulus is represented in Sjöstedts 

 coUection by one specimen, that can not possibly, so far as I 

 can see, be referred to any form hitherto described, and I there- 

 fore propose to call it Fundulus hivittatus from its characteristic 

 ooloration. There is only one specimen in the coUection men- 

 tioned and its measurements are: 



Total length from tip of snout to end of caudal fin 37 mm, 

 Length of body » » » » base of » » 30 mm. 



Length of head is contained in length of body ... 3,5 times 

 Depth of body » - » -> » » » ... 4,7 » 



Length of snout » » » » » head about 3,2 » 



Diameter of eye » » » » » » » 3,6 s 



Interorbital space» » » » » » »2 » 



The head and anterior part of the body is depressed. The 

 back is flattened to the origin of the dorsal fin. The lower jaw 

 projects beyond the upper, diameter of the eye is a little shorter 

 than the snout. The origin of the dorsal fin is about midway 

 between the extremity of the caudal and the tip of the snout, 

 corresponding to the 13th scale of the lateral line. The origin 

 of the anal fin corresponds to the 12th — llth scale of the lateral 

 line. Number of scales in the lateral line 2Q + 2. L. transv. 

 from the origin of the dorsal fin to the vent 7. Number of rays 

 in the dorsal fin 12, in the anal fin 14. The ventral fins nearly 

 reach the origin of the anal fin. The pectoral fins extend beyond 

 the root of the ventrals. The coloration is reddish brown, the 

 margins of the scales are somewhat darker, more or less pro- 

 nounced, with carmine red spöts near the tip of the scales. Two 

 rather broad dark brown bands run the entire length of the body. 



