G2 



CYPBINODON'TID^E. 



projecting; eye as long as postocular part of head, about § interorbital 

 width ; praaorbital about \ diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating 

 twice as far from centre or posterior border of eye as from root of caudal, 

 above middle of anal ; longest rays nearly as long as head in male, 

 much shorter in female. Anal 13-14. Pectoral \ to \ length of head, 

 extending a little beyond root of ventral ; latter nearer end of snout 

 than root of caudal, rather long and pointed in the male. Caudal nearly 



Fijr. 47. 



Haplocldlus spilaxiclwn. 

 d 9 , Gaboon. 



as long as head, rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 25-28 

 scales in longitudinal series, 16-18 round body in front of ventrals ; 

 lateral line absent or represented by a few very few shallow pits. 

 Brownish or dark olive-green above, whitish beneath ; male usually 

 with very numerous dark vertical bars, most distinct on the caudal part 

 of the body; fins uniform white in the female; in the male, dorsal 

 and posterior part of anal with numerous dark spots forming transverse 

 series, and numerous vertical dark bars on the caudal. 



Total length 70 millim. 



West Africa, from Senegal to Lower 

 Museum. 



Congo. 



1. Ad. 



Geba It. at Bafata, Portug. 



Guinea. 



Types in Paris 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2-7. Ad. 







Lagos, in mangrove swamp. 



8-12. Ad. 







Degama, Lower Niger. 



13. Hgr. 







Warri, ., 



14-15. Ad. 







Old Calabar. 



16-18. Ad. & hgr, 





5? 



19-23. Ad. 







Benito R., Spanish Guinea. 



24. Skel. 







?> 13 



25. Ad. 







Gaboon. 



26-31, 32-33, 



34, 



35. 



?? 



Ad. & hgr. 









36. Hgr. 







Ogowe. 



37-38. Ad. 







Chiloango Town, Porhignes 

 Congo. 



Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 

 Dr. TV. J. Ansorge (C). 

 Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



Miss Kingsley (G). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



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R.B.N.TValker,Esq.(G). 



Miss Kingsley (G). 

 Dr. TV. J. Ansorge (C). 



