474 A mini x <>f tin' Hntilli African 



1. : HAPLOCHILUS MYAPOSAE, Blgr. 



Bouleug., Ann. Nat. Mus., i, 1908, pt. 3, p. 232, and Preshw. Fish. 

 Africa, iii, p. 44, fig. 31 (1915). 



" Depth of body 4 to 4.| times in total length, length of head 3| to 

 4 times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, shorter than eye ; 

 mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye nearly 3 times iu 

 length of head, H times in interorbital width, as long as or a little 

 shorter than postorbital part of head ; praeorbital hardly | diameter 

 of eye. 



Dorsal 10, originating twice as far from anterior border of eye as 

 from root of caudal, above anterior third of anal, median rays longest, 

 about I length of head. Anal 14-15, rounded like the dorsal. Pectoral 

 f length of head, reaching a little beyond base of ventral ; latter 

 nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long 



FIG. 117. Haplochilus myaposae. Type (Ann. Natal Mus. 1908). 



as head. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. 27-28 scales in 

 longitudinal series, 16 round body in front veutrals ; no lateral-line 

 pits. Pale olive, with darker edges to the scales ; tins greyish. 



Total length 28 millim. 



Zululand. Types in Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg." 



From Myaposa River (Dr. E. Warren). 



2. HAPLOCHILUS JOHNSTONII, G-iiuth. 



Haplochilus jolmxtonii, Giiuth., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1893, p. 627 ; 

 Bouleng., Ann. Natal Mus., i, 1908, p. 220, and Freshw. Fish. Africa, 

 iii, p. 69, fig. 56 (1915). 



Hapocliilus atrijiiiitnt, Pfeff., Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 46 (1896) ; 

 Hilgend. and Pappenh., Sitzb. Ores, naturf. Fr., 1903, p. 271. 



Teeth, outer row enlarged and recurved. Depth of body 4 to 

 4 T 7 (j in total length, excluding caudal, length of head 3 T 9 o to 4i times. 

 Head flat above ; snout short and broad, shorter than eye ; mouth 

 directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 2 to 2f times in length 

 of head, a little shorter than postorbital part of head, l T \y to li times 

 in interorbital width ; preorbital nearly f diameter of eye. 



