18 CYPRINODONTID.E. 



1. CYPRINODON. 



Lacep. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 48G (1803) : Gttnth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 301 (1866) ; 



Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 40G (1907). 

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

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

 Micromugil, Gulia, Tent. Ichthyol. Medit. p. 11 (1861). 



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. Vertebra? 24-28. 



Fresh and brackish waters of the Mediterranean basin, South- 

 western Asia, the South-Eastern United States, Mexico, and Cuba. 



Three species in North Africa : — 



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



without or with a single dark bar on the caudal fin. 1. C. fasciatiis, Yal., 

 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 with [|». 21. 



three to five dark bars on the caudal fin .... 3. T. iberus, C. & X .. 



1. CYPPJNODON FASCIATUS. 



Leilas fasciatiis, Val. in Humb. & Bonpl. Observ. Zool. ii. p. 100, pi. Ii. fig. 4 



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

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

 Aphanius fasciatiis, Nardo, 11. cc. 

 Lebias lineo-punctata, Wagner, 1. c. pi. xii. figs. 1-6. 

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



Pcecilia calaritana, Bonelli, in Guv. Regne Anim. 2nd ed. ii. p. 280 (1829). 

 Lebias calaritana, Costa, Faun. Nap., Pesci, ii. p. 33, pi. xvii. fig. 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. Mns. 



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

 Lebias flava, Costa, op. cit. p. 35, pi. xvii. fig. 1. 

 Ci/prinodon calaritanus, Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Poiss. xviii. p. 151 (1S46) : Bellotti, 



Mem. Ace. Torin. xvii. 1858, p. 159 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 302 (18G6) ; 



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



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



Comalis, Cyprinod. p. 6 (1882) ; Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, xx. 1884, 



p. -141 ; Rolland, Rev. Seientif. (4) ii. 1894, p. 418, figs. ; Bouleng. Fish. 



Nile, p. 407, pi. lxxix. figs. 1 & 2 (1907). 



