76 ATHERINID.E. 



2. ATHERINA QABOXENSIS. 

 Isclinomembras gabunensis, B.. W. Fowler, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. Iv. 1904, p. 73. 



pi. xlii. 

 Atlierina gahonensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 52. 



Depth of body 6 times in total length, length of head 3| times. 

 Snout pointed, depressed, a little longer than eye, which is 3| times in 

 length of head and nearly equals interorbital width ; lower jaw slightly 

 projecting ; mouth not extending quite to below anterior border of eye ; 

 teeth minute, in a narrow band. Gill-rakers short, not more than | 

 length of gill-larainoe. Dorsals VI, I 9 ; second dorsal originating 

 above middle of anal, widely separated from first. Anal 1 16. Pectoral 

 shorter than head, reaching a little beyond root of ventral. Caudal 

 emarginate. Scales thin, about 40 in a longitudinal series. Pale brown, 

 with a narrow silvery lateral band. 



Total length 60 millim. 



Gaboon River, West Africa. — Type in Museum of Academy of 

 Philadelphia. 



3. ATHEEINA SIKORiE. 



FAeotiis sikorce, Sauv. Hist Madag., Poiss. p. 521, pi. xliv. c. fig. 2 (1891) ; 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, xiii. 1907, p. 20G. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, about 4 times in total length. 

 Head flat above, a bony prominence on tip of snout ; eye as long 

 as snout, equal to interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting ; mouth 

 extending to below centre of eye. Dorsals VII, I 15 ; second dorsal 

 narrowly separated from first and exactly opposed to anal. Anal I 16. 

 .58 scales in longitudinal series. Yellowish, with a dai"k (1 silvery) 

 lateral baud, the scales above the band dark-edged ; fins partly 

 blackish. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Mountain streams, Eastern Madagascar. — Type in Paris Museum. 



4. ATHERINA ALAOTRENSLS. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxix. 191 1, p. 4G. 



Depth of body 3|- to 4 times in total length, length of head 3J to 

 3 1 times. Head flat above ; eye as long as or a little shorter than 

 snout, S^ to 3f times in length of head, IJ to 1^ times in interorbital 

 width; lower jaw projecting ; mouth extending a little beyond vertical 

 of anterior border of eye. 10-11 moderately long gill-rakers on lower 



