. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 22 CYPEmODONTID.£. the caudal fin; female with scattered black spots or with a lateral series of black spots and with or without traces of dark bars on the caudal. Total length 50 millim. Spain and Algeria (High Plateaux).—Types in Paris Museum. 1-2. Ad. Barcelona, Spain. Frl. (C.) ; Dr. W. Woiterstorfe (P.). 3-4. Ad. Seville, Spain. Dr. H. Gadow (C). 5-6. Ad. Kreider, Prov. Oran, Algeria. Dr. Sergent (C.) ; Paris Museum (E.). 7-8. Ad. „ „ Dr. F. Werner (P.). 2. TELLIA. G
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 22 CYPEmODONTID.£. the caudal fin; female with scattered black spots or with a lateral series of black spots and with or without traces of dark bars on the caudal. Total length 50 millim. Spain and Algeria (High Plateaux).—Types in Paris Museum. 1-2. Ad. Barcelona, Spain. Frl. (C.) ; Dr. W. Woiterstorfe (P.). 3-4. Ad. Seville, Spain. Dr. H. Gadow (C). 5-6. Ad. Kreider, Prov. Oran, Algeria. Dr. Sergent (C.) ; Paris Museum (E.). 7-8. Ad. „ „ Dr. F. Werner (P.). 2. TELLIA. Gervais, Ann. Sc. Nat., Zool. (3) xix. 1853, p. 15. Distinguished from Cyprinodon by the absence of ventral fins. A single species is known. 1. TELLIA APODA. Gcrv. 1. c, and Zool. Pal. Gener. p. 203, pi. xlv. fig. 6 (1869) ; Vul. Ac. Sc. xlvi. 1858, p. 715 ; Playf. & Letourn. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) viii. 1871, p. 390. In form stouter than Cyprinodon fasciatus. Depth of body 2^ to 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to 3| times. Eye as long as or a little longer than snout. 3J to 3§ times in length of head, Fil,'. Tdiia apoda. (S , Algeria. IJ times in interorbital width. Dorsal 13-15, originating slightly in advance of anal and midway between head and base of caudal. Anal 13-14. Pectoral f length of head. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 2G-28 scales in a longitudinal series, 24-28 round body in front of anal. Greenish olive, with more or less distinct darker and lighter cross-bars; female with black spots on dorsal and anal; male. 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 not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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