HAPLOCHILUS, 



51 



Head flat above; lower jaw slightly projecting; eye 3| times in length 

 of head, 1J times in interorbital width. Dorsal 10, originating twice as 

 far from head as from root of caudal, above middle of anal, longest rays 

 about § length of head. Anal 13. Pectoral widely separated from 

 ventral ; latter small, nearer root of caudal than end of snout. Caudal 

 rounded, shorter than head. Caudal peduncle not longer than deep. 

 30 scales in longitudinal series. Greenish brown above, whitish beneath ; 

 tins yellowish ; dorsal and anal with brown dots. 



Total length 64 millim. 



Madagascar, in brackish water. — Type in Paris Museum. 



11. HAPLOCHILUS PLAYFA1RII. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 311 (1866) ; Playf. & Gunth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 118, pi. xx. 

 fig. 1 (1866). 



Depth of body 3| to 4 times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head flat above, snout broad, rounded, as long as eye ; mouth directed 

 upwards, lower jaw slightly projecting ; eye 3| to 4 times in 



ength 



Fig. 37. 



Haploch'dus playf airii. 

 6 9 , Mahe. 



of head, \ interorbital width ; prreorbital very narrow. Dorsal 12-13, 

 originating twice as far from eye or occiput as from root of caudal, 

 above middle or a little anterior to middle of anal ; longest rays 1 to 

 f length of head in male, about } in female. Anal 17-19. Pectoral 

 2 to ^ length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; latter small, 

 equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal or a little 



