86 CmilNODONTIDiE. 



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

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

 lower jaw projecting ; eye 4 times in length of head, 1| to 2 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 17-18, 

 originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, posterior rays 

 longest, | to £ length of head in male, about § in female. Anal 

 18-19, opposite to dorsal. Pectoral § to § length of head, reaching 

 base of ventral or a little beyond ; ventral small, midway between end 

 of snout and base of caudal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep, or slightly longer than deep. 27-30 scales in longitudinal 

 series, 24-28 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by a 



Fig. 27. 





1 



Fundulus (juentlieri, 

 J , type, after Pla)'fair & Giintlier, 7. c. 



more or less distinct series of pits. Brown, lighter beneath, males with 

 a more or less distinct dark brown or carmine-red margin to the scales ; 

 dorsal and anal of male dark, with fine light oblique streaks or with red 

 spots ; caudal of male usually carmine-red, or red edged with blackish, 

 or red in the basal half and blackish in the distal. 



Total length 68 millim. 



Zanzibar Island and opposite coast of East Africa, from Mombasa to 

 the Pangani River. 



1-2, 3. Types. Zanzibar. Sir L. PJayfair (P.> 



4-5. Ad. „ Mr. G. Schroder (P.). 



6-8. Ad. „ Mr. J. Paid Arnold (P.). 



9-13. Ad. Pangani R. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



14-25, 26-29. Ad. & hgr. Mombasa. D. J. Wilson, Esq. (C). 

 30. Skel. 



