32 CYPRINODONTIDJE. 



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

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

 rounded. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 27-28 scab's 

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

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



Funduhis palmquistii. 

 <J , 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 Museum. 



1-2. Types. Tanga, Usambara. Dr. Y. Sjqstedt (C.) ; 



ProE. E. Lonnberg (P.). 



9. FUNDULCS WALKER I. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 2C2. 



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

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

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



Fig. 23. 



Funuulas ivalJceri. 

 Type. 



in length of head, nearly twice iu 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, f to f- length of head. Anal 



