NO. 2294. FISUES FROM WEST AFniCA—FOVy'LER. 241 



like back, pale below. Iris pale slaty. Fins all pale brown. Length, 

 232 mm. 



No. 22964 A. N. S. P.,. type of H. plumbea Cope. West Africa. 

 Dr. S. M. E. Goheen. 



Cope says, "Anterior nostrils (posterior in position) concealed 

 within the lip in front of the eye; posterior nostrils tubular, de- 

 flected and posterior to the apex of the muzzle/' though I find them 

 as described above. Further, the "branchial slits approximated 

 below the small pectoral fins" are not more so than in related genera. 

 Cope also says, "No canines," though most of the anterior teeth are 

 a little enlarged. None of the teeth is hardly "one-rowed behind" 

 except perhaps at the extreme hind areas, where they are very small. 



OPHICHTHUS BUFUS (Rafinesque). 



One example, 349 mm. It agrees with four examples from Italy 

 in every respect except the minor character of a thicker snout, which 

 doubtless a condition of preservation. C. C. 



ECmDNA PELl (Kaup). 



Three examples, 274 to 504 mm. G. 



APLOCKEILUS SPILAUCHEN (A. Dumeril). 



Twenty-seven examples. C. 



SCOMBEROMORUS ARGYREUS fowJer. 



Scomber oviorus argyreus Fowler. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 1904. p. 764, pi. 51 , 

 lower fig. "West Africa." 



Type.—^o. 11400, A.N.S.P., examined. S. 



CARANX AFRICANUS Steindachner. 



One example, 248 mm. S. 



TRACHINOTUS GOREENSiS Cuvier. 



One example, 183 mm. S. 



CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS (Linnaeus). 



Chloroscombrvs hesperius Fowler, Proc. Acad. Art. Sci. Phila., 1906, p. 114, fig. 1. 

 West Africa. 



The type of C. hesperius, No. 11198, A.N.S.P., examined. S. 



GALEOIDES DECADACTYLUS (Bloch). 



One example. 162 mm. S. 



ANABAS KINGSLEYAE (Gunther). 



Head, 2f ; depth, 2|; D. XVI, 10; A. IX, 10; scales, 17 in upper 

 section of lateral line and 8 in horizontal section to caudal base; 

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