. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. a b Fawlulus f/ardneri. a- 6 , type. b. 2 ) type °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-
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. a b Fawlulus f/ardneri. a- 6 , type. b. 2 ) type °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. '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.). 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 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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