FUNDULUS. 



originating slightly in advance of dorsal. Pectoral about f length 

 of head, not reaching or just reaching base of ventral, which is small 

 and midway between end of snout and base of caudal. Caudal rounded 

 in the female, with one of the upper and one of the lower rays produced 

 in the male. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 28-32 scales in 



Fig. 17. 



a b 



Fawlulus f/ardneri. 



a - 6 , type. b. 2 ) typ e °f H- brucii (^). 



longitudinal series, 22-26 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line 

 entirely absent, or indicated by a few pits. Olive above, white below ; 

 sides of head and body, chin, and fins with or without crimson spots ; 

 upper edge of dorsal and upper and lower edge of caudal white in the 

 male. 



Total length fiO millim. 



Head-waters of Cross River, Calabar ; Old Calabar ; Lower Niger. 



1-3. Types. Okwoga (Lat. 70° N., Long. Capt. R.D.Gard'ner (P.). 



7° 45' E.), head-waters of 

 Cross It. 

 Pool at Udi, Cross It*. 



4-11. Types of 

 H. bruc'u. 

 12-16. Ad. 



17. Hgr. 



18. Ye. 



Bendi District, Cross 11. 



Old Calabar. 



Swamps between Agwarba and 

 Awkn, Lower Niger. 



Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



Major W. A. C. Cockburn 



(P.). 

 Mr. J. Paul Arnold (T.). 

 Capt.It.D. Gardner (P.). 



4. FUNDULUS SPURRELLI. 



Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 52. 



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



3| times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, much shorter than 



eye ; mouth directed upwards ; lower jaw projecting ; eye 3^ times in 



* Since describing this fish, I have been informed by Major Bruce that Udi is in the 

 Cross Eiver basin— not Lower Niger, as I thought. 



