76 ATIIEKINIDJE. 



2. ATHERINA GABONENSIS. 



Tsclinomenibras gabunensis, H. W. Fowler, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. lv. 1904, p. 73- 



pl. xlii. 

 Atherina 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 3j 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-laminae. 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. ATHERINA SIKOR.E. 



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

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, xiii. 1907, p. 206. 



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

 Plead 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 j second dorsal 

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

 38 scales in longitudinal series. Yellowish, with a dark (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 ALAOTRENSIS. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxix. 1914, p. 46. 



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

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

 snout, Stj to of times in length of head, 1| to 1J 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 



