550 



Annals nf the South African Museum. 



from former 3 7 } times its length. Snout 4 times as long as eye, ending 

 in an appendage which is 1.]- times as long as eye ; mouth extending to 

 below anterior border of eye ; no preorbital or preopercular spines. 



Dorsal xxxii 70 ; last spine twice as long as eye ; distance between 

 first spine and head } length of latter. Anal ii 75 ; first spine short, 

 second as long as last dorsal. Caudal rounded. Pectoral -} length 

 of head. Scales very small, 15 between origin of soft dorsal and 

 lateral line. 



Yellowish-brown with blackish-brown marblings and a broad 

 festooned, blackish-brown lateral band in front ; a vertebral series 

 of large blackish-brown spots narrowly separated from each other ; a 

 pair of yellowish streaks, confluent in front, on each side of the back 

 between the dark bands ; caudal region blackish brown with a network 

 of yellow lines ; lower edg3 of anal yellow. 



One specimen, 240 mm. in length, from Sipapoma, South Rhodesia 

 (Rev. Ellenberger). Bulawayo Museum. 



It is also reported from Northern Rhodesia. 



ADDENDA. 



Page 331. After Gnathonemus macrolepidotus insert : 

 *GNATHONEMUS ANGOLENSIS, Blgr. 



Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7). xv, 1905, p. 458, and Freshw. 

 Fish. Africa, i, p. 109, fig. 89 (1909), and iv, p. 165 (1915); 

 Pellegr., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxix, 1914, p. 24. 





FIG. 162. Gnathonemus angolensis. Type. 



"Depth of body 3j to 3^ times in total length, length of head 4J- 

 to 5 times. Head as long as deep, with curved upper profile ; snout 



