PARALICHTHIN.E 



12. CITHARICHTHYS STAMPFLII (Steindachner^. 



Cilharichthys spilopierus (part), Gunthcr, i86:. Cat. Fish., iv., p. 421. 



Ciharichlhys spilopierus (non Gunther), Steindachner, 1870, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ix (i). p. 



975 ; Boulenger, 1916, Cat. Afr. F.W. Fish., iv, p. 5, tig. 2 ; Metzelaar, 1919, Trop. Atlant. 



V'issch., p. 276 ; Monod, 1927, Faune Colon. Frani;,, i, p. 720. 

 H emirhombus stampfiii, Steindachner, 1894, Notes Leyden Mus., xvi, p. 52, pi. iii, fig. 3 ; Pellegrin, 



1914, Ann. Inst, oceanogr. Paris, vi (4), p. 73. 



Closely related to C . spilopierus, but length of head 3f to 3I in that of fish (without 

 caudal) ; anterior edge of head more blunt and its upper profile less distinctly concave. 

 Diameter of eye 4^ to 6 in length of head. Maxillary extending to below middle or 

 posterior half of eye, length 2J to 2J in that of head. 14 to 17 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. 46 to 48 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 82—87 '• commencing 



104. — CUharichthys stampftn. B..\I. (N.H.) 1913 . 3.9.S. X J. 



above space between nostrils on blind side. Anal 62-65. Caudal pointed. Brownish, 

 with darker spots and blotches, and often with a series of conspicuous spots along 

 upper and lower edges of body ; a dark blotch at base of caudal fin ; dorsal and anal 

 fins each with a row of small dark spots, and a pair of similar spots on middle of 

 caudal. 



Type. — Vienna Museum. 



Distribution. — West Africa, from Senegambia to Angola ; entering fresh water. 



Specimens Examined : 



