. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. FUNDULUS. 33 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. Type
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. FUNDULUS. 33 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. 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>. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may no
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