FUNDULUS. 



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15-16, originating slightly in advance of dorsal. Pectoral § length of 

 head, reaching base of ventral ; latter small, equally distant from end 

 of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. 28-30 scales in longitudinal series, 22-24 round body 

 in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by a series of pits. Uniform 

 brownish (badly preserved specimens). 



Total length 42 millim. 



Gold Coast. 

 1-3. Types. 



Bokitsa Mine (Wasa). 



R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (C.) ; 

 Dr. A. Giinther (P.). 



10. FUNDULUS ORTHONOTUS. 



Cyprinodon orthonotus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1844, p. 35. 



Hydrargyra metadata, Peters, Arch. f. Nat. 1855, i. p. 269. 



Fundidus orthonotus, part., Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 326 (1866). 



Nothobranchius orthonotus, Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 61, pi. xii. fig. 1 (1868). 



Depth of body 3 to oh times in total length, length of head 2§ to 3 

 times. Upper surface of head convex from between the eyes ; snout 

 short and broad, a little shorter than eye ; mouth directed upwards ; 

 lower jaw projecting ; eye 4 times in length of head, If to If times 

 in interorbital width ; space between eye and lip very narrow, the 

 latter forming an angle fitting into a notch close to the former. Dorsal 

 15-16, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, posterior 



Ym. 24. 



Fundidus orthonotus. 

 cJ , type, after Peters (Reise Mossamb.). 



rays longest, as long as head in male, shorter in female. Anal 14-16, 

 opposite to dorsal. Pectoral ^ to f length of head, reaching base of 

 ventral or a little beyond; ventral small, nearer base of caudal than end 

 of snout. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 28-30 

 vol. in. i> 



