22 



CYPEIXODONTID.E. 



the caudal fin ; female with scattered black spots or with a lateral series 

 of black spots and with or without traces of dark bars on the caudal. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Spain and Algeria (High Plateaux), — Types in Paris Museum. 



2. TELLIA. 

 Gervais, Ann. Sc. Nat., Zool. (3) xix. 1853, p. 15. 



Distinguished from Cyprinodon by the absence of ventral fins. 

 A single species is known. 



1. TELLIA APODA. 



Gcrv. 1. c, and Zool. Pal. Gener. p. 203, pi. xlv. fig. G (18(39) ; Val. C.R. Ac. Sc. 

 xlvi. 1858, p. 715 ; Playf. & Letourn. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) viii. 1871, 

 p. 390. 



In form stouter than Cyprinodon fasciatus. Depth of body 2| to 

 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ times. Eye as long 

 as or a little longer than snout, 3^ to 3§ times in length of head, 



FiK. 14. 



Tellia ajioda. 

 S , Algeria. 



1| times in interorbital width. Dorsal 13-15, originating slightly in 

 advance of anal and midway between head and base of caudal. Anal 

 13-14. Pectoral I length of head. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. 26-28 scales in a longitudinal series, 24-28 round body 

 in front of anal. Greenish olive, with more or less distinct darker and 

 lighter cross-bars ; female with black spots on dorsal and anal ; male 



