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CTPEINODOIS'TTD.E. 



dorsal, rays beset with short spines in the male. Pectoral about 

 f length of head, reaching base of ventrals in the male. Caudal 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 27-28 scales 

 in longitudinal series, 22 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line 

 indicated by a series of shallow pits. Yellowish olive, uniform in the 



Ks. 22. 



Finuhilus palmquisili. 

 6 , type. 



female ; in the male each scale with the posterior margin becoming a 

 carmine-red band, these bands so connected as to form oblique trans- 

 verse bands ; dorsal and anal fins with carmine-red spots, which colour 

 also occupies the whole of the caudal in the male. 



Total length 40 millim. 



Usambara, German East Africa. — Types in Stockholm JNlusevun. 



1-2. Types. Tiinga, Usambara. Dr. Y. Sjostodt (C.) ; 



Pi-oE. E. Liiiiiiberg (P.). 



I». FUXDULUS WALKER I. 

 Boulcng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. IDll, p. 202, 



Depth of body 3f to 4 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ 

 times. liead flat above ; snout short and broad, a little shorter than 

 eye; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting; eye 3^ times 



Fig. 23. 



F'undulas luulkeri. 

 Type. 



in length of head, nearly twice in interorbital width ; space between 

 eye and lip very narrow, the latter forming an angle fitting into a notch 

 close to the former. Dorsal 14, originating midway between occiput 

 and root of caudal, posterior rays longest, | to f length of head. Anal 



