18 CYPEINODONTID.E. 



1. CYPRINODON. 



Lacep. Hish Poiss. v. p. 48G (1«03) : Giiutli. Cat. Fish. vi". p. 301 (186G) ; 



Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 406 (1907). 

 Lehias, Cuv. Regne Anim. ii. p. 199 (1817). 

 AjAanius, Nardo, Prodr. Adr. Ichthyol. pp. 17 & 23 (1827). 

 Mlcromvgil, Gulia, Tent. Ichthyol. Medit. p. 11 (18G1). 



Mouth small; teeth of moderate size, tricuspid, in a single series. 

 Head flat above. Scales rather large, not denticulated. Dorsal fin 

 commencing in advance of the anal, both fins larger in the males than 

 in the females. Ventral fins present, far behind the base of the 

 pectorals. Vertebrae 24-28. 



Fresh and brackish waters of the Mediterranean basin, South- 

 ^^'estern Asia, the South-Eastern United States, Mexico, and Cuba. 



Three species in North Africa: — 



Dorsal 10-13, longest rays shorter thr.n head ; male [p. 18. 



without or with a single dark bar on the caudal fin. 1. C.fasciatus, Val., 

 Dorsal 9-10, longest rays at least as long as head in 



male : male with two or three dark bars on the [p. 20. 



caudal fin 2. C. dispar, Riipp., 



Dorsal 9-10, longest rays shorter than head ; male witli [p. 21. 



three to five dark bars on the caudal fin . . ^^ , 3. C. iberiis, (■. & V., 



1. CYPE.INODON FASCIATUS. 



Lehias fasciatus, Val. in Humb. & Bonpl. Observ. Zool. ii. p. IGO, pi. li. fii>-. 4 

 (1821) ; "Wagner, Isis, 1828, p. 1055. 



Ajihanivs vainis, Nardo, Prodr. Adr. Ichthyol. pp. 17 & 23 (1827). 



Aphanius fasciatus, Nardo, 11. cc. 



Lehias lineo-p>unctata, Wagner, 1. c. pi. xii. figs. 1-6. 



Lehias sarda, Wagner, 1. c. fig. 7. 



Favilia calarilana, Bonelli, in Cuv. Regne Anim. 2nd ed. ii. p. 280 (1829). 



Lehias ealaritana, Costa, Faun. Nap., Pesci, ii. p. 33, pi. xvii. fi<>-. 2 (1839) • 

 Canestrini, Arch. p. la Zool. iv. 1866, p. 125, and Fauna d'ltal., Pesci, p. 19 

 (1874) ; Lepori, Atti Ace. Rom. (3) ix. 1881, p. 481; Garman, Mem, Mus. 

 Comp. Zool. xix. 1895, p. 19. 



Lehias /lavit, Costa, op. cit. j). 35, pi. xvii. fig. 1. 



Cyprinodon calaritanus, Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Poiss. xviii. p. 151 (1846) ; Bellotti 

 JMem. Ace. Torin. xvii. 1858, p. 159 ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 302 (1866) • 

 Gervais, Zool. Pal. Gen. p. 203, pi. xlv. fig. 5 (1869) ; Playf. & Letourn' 

 Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) viii. 1871, p. 389 ; Sauv. in Eevoil, Faune Pays 

 gomalis, Cyprinod. p. 6 (1882) ; Yincig. Ann. Mus. Genov.a, xx. 1884 

 p. 441; Rolland, Rev. Scientif. (4) ii. 1894, p. 4L8, figs.; Boulen<r. Fish' 

 Nile, p. 407, pi. Ixxix. figs. 1 & 2 (1907). ' ° 



