  Radial velocities of 94 galaxies brighter than about V_tot = 20 mag in the
direction of the central Fornax cluster have been measured. Except for 8 Fornax
members, all galaxies lie in the background. Among the 8 members, there are 5
nucleated dwarf ellipticals that are already listed in the FCC (Ferguson 1989,
AJ 98, 367). Two of the 3 ``new'' members are very compact and have surface
brightnesses comparable to globular clusters, however their luminosities are in
the range of dwarf elliptical nuclei. The measured line indices (especially
Mg2, H beta, and iron) of the brighter of the compact objects suggest a solar
metallicity, whereas the fainter compact object as well as the dE,Ns have line
indices that are similar to those of old metal-poor globular clusters (GCs).
However, with these data it is not possible to clearly classify the compact
objects either as very bright globular clusters, isolated nuclei of dE,Ns, or
even compact ellipticals. A background galaxy cluster at z = 0.11 has been
found just behind the center of the Fornax cluster. This explains the excess
population of galaxies reported in Paper I. The brightest galaxy of the
background cluster lies only 1.1 arcmin south of NGC 1399 and is comparable in
absolute luminosity with the central Fornax galaxy itself.
