CYPKINODONTID.E. 



occiput .as fVoiri root of caudal, above posterior fourth of anal, longest 

 rays J to | length of head. Anal 15-lG, longest rays J to J length of 

 head. Pectoral f length of head, extending beyond base of ventral ; 

 latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. 

 Caudal pointed, longer than head. Caudal peduncle slightly longer 

 than deep. 28-30 scales in longitudinal series, 20-22 round body in 



Fij;. G3. 



JI((lilochilus (jraluimi. 

 6 , type. A. 



front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by a series of pits. Yellowish 

 or pale brownish, with or without small crimson spots ; 5 to 7 blackish 

 vertical bars on the body, some reaching the back, some confined to the 

 lower half of the body ; a black blotch at the base of the caudal fin ; 

 fins greyish (yellow in life), caudal with small purplish-brown spots. 



Total length 53 millim. 



Southern Nigeria. 



1-5. Ty[)es. Swamps near Lagos. Dr. W. M. Graham (P.). 



0. Ad. Old Calabar. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



7-a. Ad. W. ACrica. Mr. E. Marrc (P.). 



40. HAPLOCHILUS BIFASCIATUS. 



Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixxxiii. i. 1881, p. 199 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 419, 

 pi. Ixxix. fig. 9 (19U7). 



Depth of body 4^ to 5f times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 3J^ times. Head flat above; snout as long as eye; mouth directed 

 u[)wards, lower jaw scarcely projecting ; eye 3 to 4 times in length of 

 head, IJ to 1| times in interorbital width; prieorbital very narrow. 

 Dorsal G-7, originating twice as far from head as from root of caudal, 

 above posterior third of anal ; longest ray § to f length of head. Anal 

 15-16. Pectoral | to -f length of head, reaching beyond base of ventral ; 

 latter small, r(|ually distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. 

 Caudal ])()inted, considerably longer than head. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep. 27-28 scales in longitudinal series, lG-18 round body in 



