HTPEROPTSUS. ^ 143 



nnd from root of caudal, or a little nearer latter. Pectoral obtusely 

 pointed, f to 5 length of head, ventral J to |. Caudal scaled, with 

 obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2| times as long as deep, 



Fig. 117. 



V 





^^ 



Hyperojiisus bebe. 

 Lower Nile (F. N.). i. 



1.0-24 



nearly ^ to | length of head. 93-120 scales in lateral line, ^2^) in 

 transverse series on body, ^Q^.y in transverse series between dorsal and 

 anal, 20 (rarely 18 or 22) round caudal peduncle. Plumbeous or olive 

 above, silvery beneath. 



Total length 460 millim. 



Lower Nile to Blue Nile and Bahr-el-Gebel, Chad Basin, Senegal, 

 Gambia, Niger. — Type in Paris Museum. 



1-4. Ad. & hgr. Lower Nile. S. S. Allen, Esq. (P.). 



5. Ad. Barrage N. of Cairo. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



6-7. Ad. Beni Souef, Lower Nile. „ 



8-9. Ad. Between Beni Souef and Biba. „ 



10-17. Hgr. & yg. Near Luxor. „ 



18-10. Ad. & yg. Khartum. J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 



20. Skel. „ 



21. Ad. ' Wad Medine, Blue Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 22-24. Ad. & hgr. Jebolain, White Nile. „ 

 25-2G. Ad. & hgr. Fashoda, „ „ 

 27-31. Ad. & hgr. Tewfikyeh, „ 



32. Ad. Kerro, Bahr-cl-Gclxl. „ 



33. Ad. Gondokoro, ,, „ 



31. Ad. Wadolai, „ J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



3.5. Ad. R. Shari at Maidugari. Capt. G. B. Gosling (P.). 



30-38. Ad. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. Mr. P. Delhez (C). 

 39-41. Hgr. Kaedi, „ 



42-4.5. Ad. Gamhia. J. S. BudgctI, Esq. (P.). 



iG. Ad. Lokoja, Upper Niger. „ 



