S4 



GOBIID.E. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Atlantic coasts and neighbouring fresh waters of Tropical America 

 and Tropical Africa. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. Ad. 



2-?,. Ad. 

 4-12. Ad. (t hgi 



13. Skcl. 



14. Ad. 

 IT). Ad. 



Ooun R. at Aro, near Abeo- 



kuta, Lagos. 

 Degaina, Lower Niger. 

 Fernando Po. 



Banana, Lower ( 'ongo. 



Major G. E. Bnice (P.). 



Dr. AV. J. Ansorge (C). 

 ilr. E. Beimund (C). 



M. P. Delhez (l'.). 

 Brussels Museum (P.). 



rig. 10. 



Gohius nujri. 

 Type. 



14. GOBIUS NIGRI. 

 Giinlh. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 27 (18G1). 



Body feebly compressed ; depth of body 4 times in total length, length 

 of head 3 times. Head 1\ times as long as broad, scaly except the 

 snout ; snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of 

 head ; interorbital space very narrow ; mouth terminal, extending to 

 below anterior fourth of eye ; teeth in a narrow villiform band, outer 

 enlarged. Dorsals VI, I 9, narrowly separated from each other, longest 

 rays \ length of head. Anal I 8, its origin a little behind that of second 

 dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, upper rays filiform, silk-like, free. 

 Ventral not extending to vent, with a broad basal membrane, each 

 side of which is pointed and produced. Caudal rounded, shorter than 

 head. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 45 

 in longitudinal series, 15 in transverse series between dorsal and anal. 

 Brown ; dorsals, caudal, and pectoral with darker spots, anal and ventral 

 blackish. 



Total length 65 millim. 



>'iger. 

 1. Tvpe. Niger. 



Mr. L. Frat-cr (f'.). 



