STOMATORHINUS. 



89 



Head once and -J as long as deep ; snout rounded, projecting beyond 

 mouth, i length of head ; mouth small, its width | length of head ; 

 10 teeth in either jaw ; eye moderate, | length of snout, | interorbital 

 width. Dorsal 19-20, a little more than J as long as its distance from 

 head. Anal 23-25, a little nearer base of caudal than base of ventral, 



Vis. 71. 











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Stomatorliinus ivalJceri. 

 Type, after Giinther (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1867). 



originating a little in advance of dorsal. Pectoral pointed, about f length 

 of head, If times length of ventral, extending beyond base of latter. 

 Caudal with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle 2| times as long as deep, 

 J length of head. 50-53 scales in lateral line, ^^ in transverse series 



10 . -ii -lo 



on body, j^ in transverse series between dorsal and anal, IG round caudal 

 peduncle. Brown. 



Total length 90 niillim. 



Ogowe. 



1-2. Types. Gal)oon. 



3. AJ. Talagouga, Ogowe. Miss Kings^ey (C). 



3. STOMATORHINUS HUMILIOR. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 70, pi. xxxi. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 84 (1901). 



Depth of body 4J to 5 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 

 times. Head once and ^ as long as deep ; snout vertically truncate, 

 not extending beyond mouth, ^ length of head ; mouth small, its width 

 I length of head ; 7 teeth in upper jaw, 8 in lower ; eye small, ^ length 

 of snout, ^ interorbital width. Dorsal 18-19, its length a little more 

 than half its distance from head. Anal 20-22, 4th or 5th ray below 1st 

 of dorsal, equally distant from base of ventral and from base of caudal. 



