52 MR. G. A. BOULENGEK OX NEW AFRICAN FISHES. 



length of head, 1| times in interoi'bital width ; mouth extending 

 nearly to below posterior border of eye ; no barbels ; second 

 suborbital deep, extending posteriorly to vertical of posterior 

 border of eye ; naked space between prfeoperculum. and suborbital 

 about I diameter of eye. Gill-rakers few and very rudimentary. 

 Dorsal III 8, originating at equal distance from occiput and from 

 root of caudal; posterior third of its base above anal ; anterior rays 

 longest, a little less than | length of head. Anal III 14, notched, 

 anterior lobe rounded. Pectoral pointed, | length of head, not 

 reaching ventral, which is much shorter and reaches vent. 

 Caudal crescentic when fully spread out. Caudal peduncle 

 1| times as long as deep. Scales with radiating strise, 52 -^r? 3 

 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, with 13 or 14 dark bars on the side of the body above 

 the lateral line ; dorsal fin greyish, a,nal reddish, caudal red with 

 a black edge. 



Total length 155 mm. 

 A single specimen. 



This species is closely allied to B. senegalensis Stdr., and 

 -6. loati Blgr., both of which occur in West Africa. It agrees 

 with the former in the extension of the dorsal over the anterior 

 third of the anal and in the larger eye, but differs in the longer 

 mouth and in the lower number of scales in the lateral line 

 (52 instead of 59-63) ; with the latter it agrees in the number of 

 scales in the lateral line, b\it the larger eye, the longer mouth and 

 the position of the origin of the anal with regard to the dorsal 

 suffice to separate it ; and, finally, the number of scales in a 

 transverse series (-ji instead of jv-^f ) distinguishes it from both 

 its nearest allies. 



FUNDULTTS SPURRELLI, sp. n. 



Depth of body 4 to 4g times in total length, length of head 

 3^ to 3| times. Head fiat above ; snout short and broad, shorter 

 than eye ; mouth directed upwards; lower jaw projecting; eye 

 3g times m length of head, 1| times in interorbital width ; space 

 between eye and lip about j diameter of former. Dorsal 13-14, 

 originating at equal distance from head and from base of caudal, 

 longest (posterior) rays | to | length of head. Anal 15-16, 

 originating slightly in advance of dorsal. Pectoral nearly | length 

 of head, not quite reaching base of ventral, which is small and mid- 

 way between end of snout and base of caudal. Caudal rounded in 

 the female, subtruncate in the male. Caudal peduncle longer 

 than deep. 29-31 scales in longitudinal series, 24-26 round 

 body in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by a more or less 

 complete series of pits. Male pale yellowish green, with numerous 

 narrow, often paired, vertical bars of dark carmine ; sides of head 

 metallic green, variegated with carmine ; gular (branchiostega.1) 

 region of a dar-k, rich blue ; pectoral fin whitish, with an oblique 

 crimson streak, venti'al with red tip ; vertical fins grey, dotted 



