2 SIMBBAXCHID.E. 



1. SYMBRANCHUS AFER. 

 Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1909, p. 430. 



Snout rounded, about twice length of eye and a little exceeding 

 interorbital width ; distance between end of snout and gill-opening 

 IJ times length of skull, 8 times length of snout, and contained 7§ times 

 in distance from snout to vent ; length of tail about 3 J times in total 



Fi^. 1. 



Symbranchiis afer, 

 Type. 



length. Gill-opening rather wide. Tail ending in a rather obtuse 

 point. 126 vertebrae. Coloration uniform blackish, or anterior part of 

 body black and red. 



Total length 320 mm. 



Portuguese Guinea and Lower Niger *. 



1-2. Types. 

 3. Skel. 



Tidal river at Port Mansoa, Portuguese Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 Guinea. 



* Almost eimultaneously with the ])ublication of this species, Captain Vipan received a 

 specimen, stated to be from the mouths of the Niger, which at the time of ^A riting was 

 still living in bis fresh-water ac]uarium at Stibbington Hall. 



