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CYPKINODONTID.E. 



head, much longer than the ventral, which is inserted midway between the end of the 

 snout and the root of the caudal fin. Caudal fin truncate. Caudal peduncle once and 

 one-fourth to once and two-thirds as long as deep. Scales with concentric striae, 

 25 to 30 (usually 26 to 28) in a longitudinal series, 22 to 26 (26 to 30 in Dalmatian 

 specimens) round the body in front of the ventral fins ; lateral line usually indicated 

 by an interrupted series of pits. 



In life, according to sketches made by Mr. Loat at Ghet-el-Nassara, the upper parts 

 are of a dark greyish olive, the lower parts white ; the fins are white in females, yellow 

 in males, the dorsal in the latter being bordered with black ; a blackish bar sometimes 

 crosses the caudal fin in males ; females have 10 to 15 narrow 7 blackish bars on each 

 side of the body, not extending to the back or belly, and a more or less distinct round 

 black spot at the root of the caudal fin ; males have broader dark lateral bars, usually 

 broader than the spaces between them, and they extend downwards to the bases of 

 the ventral and anal fins, these dark bars varying from grey to black. Iris yellowish 

 white. 



The largest male measures 53 millimetres, the largest female 57. 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length (without caudal) 



Depth of body 



Length of head 



Width of head 



J Length of snout. 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Longest ray of dorsal fin 

 „ anal lin 



Length of pectoral fin 

 ,, ventral fin 





6 









2 







1. 



2, 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



44 



40 



38 



30 



47 



46 



45 



28 



12 



10 



10 



8 



13 



13 



12 



7 



13 



11 



10 



9 



14 



13 



12 



9 



8 



7 



7 



6 



9 



9 



8 



6 



4 



H 



3 



n 



H 



3i 



H 



H 



4 



H 



3 



H 



H 



H 



H 



H 



6 



5 



5 



4 



6 



6 



6 



4 



13 



8 



8 



5 



6 



6 



6 



5 



11 



6 



8 



5 



6 



5 



6 



5 



10 



8 



7 



6 



9 



9 



8 



6 



9 



6 



6 



4 



6 



6 



5 



4 



1. Susa, Tunisia. — Eraser. 3, 



' 2, 8. Ghet-el-JSTassara. — Loat, | 4. 



\ Near Zara, Dalmatia. — Gavin. I 5. 

 L. Menzaleh. — Loat. 6. 



Sardinia. 



L. Temsah. — Owen. 



