NOTE OX CLARIAS CAPENSIS. 239 



the snout, 5 times in the interorbital width; the frontal 

 fontanelle is oh times as long as broad and 4 times in the 

 length of the head. Dorsal fin with 72 rays, anal with 52 ; 

 the distance between the occipital process and the dorsal is ^ 

 the length of the head ; the distance between the dorsal and 

 the caudal equals the diameter of the eye. The pectoral 

 spine measures only ^ the length of the fin. 



Perhaps CI. capensis grows to the same large size as 

 CI. gariepinus, of which 1 have seen a skull measuring 260 

 millimetres, brought home from the Tugela by Capt. J. W. H. 

 Seppings, E. Dublin Fusiliers. 



