TELLIA.— FUNDULTTS. 23 



with several more or less distinct dark bars on the caudal, or with the 

 vertical fins dark and light-edged, with light dots at the base. 



Total length 60 millim. 



High Plateaux of Algeria, Northern Slope of Atlas. — Types in Paris 

 Museum. 



1. Ad. Algeria. M. Taczanowski (C.) ; Paris 



Museum (E.). 



2. Ad. Thermal springs, Batna. 31. Gnyon (G.) ; Paris 



Museum (E.). 



3. FUNDULUS. 

 Lacep. Hist, Poiss. v. p. 37 (180,°.) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 318 (1866) ; 



Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. -113 (1007). 

 Hydrargyra, Lacep. t. c. p. 378. 

 Nothobranchius, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 18G8, p. 145, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 60 



(1SG8). 



Mouth small; teeth conical, in a narrow band, those of the outer 

 series largest. Head usually flat above. Scales moderate or rather 

 small, not denticulated. Dorsal fin commencing before or nearly 

 opposite the origin of the anal. Ventral fins present, far behind the 

 base of the pectorals. Vertebrae 29-33. 



Fresh and brackish waters of Spain, Tropical and South Africa, Japan, 

 North and Central America. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Dorsal and anal exactly opposite to each other, or the origin of the one slightly 

 in front of or slightly behind that of the other. 

 A. Not more than 35 scales in a longitudinal series (not including smaller 

 scales on base of caudal). 

 1. Dorsal 11-14. 



a. Anal 12-14 ; 26-29 scales in longitudinal series. 

 D. 11-13 ; A. 13-14 ; Sc. 26-29 ; caudal pe- 

 duncle about 1^ times as long as deep . . 1. F. bivittatus, Lonnb., p. 24. 



D. 11-12 ; A. 12-13 ; Sc. 26-28 ; caudal pe- 

 duncle nearly twice as long as deep . . 2. F. loenribergii, Blgr., p. 25. 



b. Anal 14-16 ; 28-32 scales in longitudinal series. 

 D. 12-13; A. 14-16; Sc. 28-32; snout as 



long as or a little shorter than eye, which 



is 4 times in length of head in adult . . 3. F. gardneri, Blgr., p. 26. 

 D. 13-14 ; A. 15-16 ; Sc. 29-31 ; snout much 

 shorter than eye, which is 3| times in 

 length of head in adult . . r .- . . 4. F. spurrelli, Blgr., p. 27. 



