Fiahef fioin Porttitjufse Guinea. l.")! 



was not known to liav« any nicniher in Africa, altIjou;^li 

 lepreat'nted in the fresh or hiackiah watcra of 8oulh-oa.sti!ra 

 Aaia, Tropical America, Australia, and Tasmania. Of the 

 genus Symbranchna itaelf we knew two species from Asia 

 (5. ben(j<ilensin and ^S. calii/ait.") and one from America 

 ( S. miirmoratus). In some rcspt'cts the African species is 

 intermediate hetwecn S. bengnltttsis an<l S. murinorntus^ but 

 it differs from both in the lower number of vertebrie. 



Gobioidea anaoryli. 



Depth of body 8 to 10 tinies in total length, length of head 

 6 to 7 times. .Snout | length of head ; eye very small ; 

 maxillary extending to beyond vertical of eye. Dorsal 

 Vl-VII J9-21, rays subequal, I length of bead. Anal I 19. 

 Pectoral as long as ventral, nearly ^ length of head. Caudal 

 nearly twice as long as head. [Scales very small, as in 

 G. bruussotineti. Head and back greyish, the rest of the body 

 yellowish ; tins white. 



Total length 280 mm. 



l<'ive specimens from l*ort Mansoa. 



Closely allied to G. brvusnonneti, Lacep., from the east 

 coast fif Tropical America. Weil distinguished from it by 

 the higber number of dorsal and anal rays. 



Gubitts [Oxyurichthys) occidentalis. 



Depth of body 5^ times in total length, length of head .'> 

 times. Snout lounded, jaws equal in trout; a single series 

 of teeth in the upper jaw ; maxillary extending to below 

 centre of eye; eye slightly shorter than snout, 4^ times in 

 length of head ; interoibital space very narrow ; clieek and 

 gill-cover scaly. Dorsal Vll, 1 13, the two divisions sepa- 

 rated by a mere notch ; third simple ray longest, as long as 

 liead. Anal I 1-4. Pectoral as long as ventral. Caudal 

 pointed, twice as long as head, t^cales ctenoid, 62 in longi- 

 tudinal series. Uniform yellowish. 



'I'otal length 120 mm. 



A single 8[)ecimen from the Gnnnal Uiver. 



This species belongs to a subgenus, Ouyuricht/iySy BIkr. 

 {Gobiichlhys, Klunz.), the previously known representatives 

 of wliich are East African and Indian, marine or estuarine. 



