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14. FUNDULUS TLENIOPYGUS. 



Fundulus [Nothohranchius) orthonotus, var., Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. nat. Fr. Bed. 



1888, p. 78. 

 Nothobranchius tamiopygus, Hilgend. op. cit. 1891, p. 20. 

 Fundulus tceniopygus, Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 48 (1896) ; Hilgend. Zool. 



Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 416 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 413, pi. lxxix. fig. 5 



(1907). 



Depth of body 3£ times in total length, length of head 3 to oh times. 

 Upper surface of head convex from between the eyes ; snout short and 

 broad; mouth directed upwards; lower jaw projecting; eye 3^ times in 

 length of head, lh 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, originating a little in advance of anal and at 



Fig. 28. 



Fundulus tmniopygus. 

 6 , type (F. N.). 



equal distance from eye and from root of caudal, longest rays f to f 

 length of head. Anal 17-18. Small spine-like tubercles on the dorsal 

 and anal in the male. Pectoral about f length of head ; ventral midway 

 between end of snout and root of caudal. Caudal rounded. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 30-31 scales in longitudinal series, 

 22-24 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by an 

 interrupted series of pits. Male brown, with dark edges to the scales ; 

 dorsal fin dark purplish brown ; anal and caudal purplish brown, with 

 a whitish band across the middle. Female lighter and uniformly 

 coloured. 



Total length 52 millim. 



Lake Victoria, Lake Tshaya in Unyamwesi, and Bubu River, south of 

 Lake Manyara. — Types in Berlin Museum. 

 1-3. Ad. Bnbu R. near Irango. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



