194 LÖNNBERG, NOTES ON FISHES COLLECTED IN THE CAMBROONS, 



Length of the snout 7^/2 min. 



Length of the tail without the caudal fin ... 59 mm. 



Otherwise this specimen agrees in number of crests, plates 

 and dorsal rays etc. with Steindachners description of his spe- 

 cimen from Liberia (1. c. p. 89). 



The caudal fin is black. Across the back of the body and 

 the tail about 9 darker bands are visible. Along the inferior 

 margin of the body a row of occellated spöts can be seen. 



From the above given notes it will be seen that the fresh- 

 waterfishes of the Cameroons, at least as yet, partly, are charac- 

 teristic for that region, partly are found also in other neighbour- 

 ing countries in West-Africa. The relatively large number of 

 new forms speaks for the supposition that the first mentioned 

 class possibly is rather numerous, but on the other hand it can 

 depend upon the incomplete knowledge of this faunistic region. 

 As Mr. SjöSTEDT had no opportunity of collecting larger fishes, 

 his collection from the -Cameroons can not be regarded but as a 

 very small exponent of the ichthyological fauna of that region. 

 It is however very interesting and I here wish to express my 

 thanks for his great kindness of letting me classify his specimens 

 of this group which is now preserved and kept in the zoological 

 museum of Upsala. 



Addenda. 



The above was already printed Avhen I found together with 

 some other animals two more species of fish in the collection 

 from the Cameroons. 



Mormyrus Uheriensis Steindachner D. 15, A. 28, L. 1. 

 about 60. 



A small specimen from Kitta, caught in a creek in the 

 inner-most mangrove-region. Measurements etc. as in Steindach- 

 ners description in »die Fische Liberias» (1. c.) p. 67 — 69. 



Coloration dark brown, by means of very closely arranged 

 dark brown spöts. 



