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CHARACINID.E. 



root of caudal, longest ray f to f length of head. Anal II 9. Pectoral 

 pointed, J to f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked, 

 with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales 

 rather rugose, 49-58 ^, 3 or 4 between lateral line and scaly process 

 at base of ventral. Brown or olive above, silvery beneath ; young with 



Fig. 138. 



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Sarcodaces odoe. 

 Senegal, j. 



rather indistinct dark cross-bars above the lateral line, and a small 



black spot behind the head; fins grey or blackish, dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal often with small round darker spots between the rays ; adipose 

 fin black, orange at the base. 



Total length 330 millim. 



Rivers of West Africa, Shari, Congo, Zambesi, Lake Ngami. — Type 

 in Berlin Museum. 



St. Louis, Senegal. 



Gambia. 



Lagos. 



Nyankoma, Gold Coast. 



Niiier. 



M. P. Delbez (C). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 H. T. Ussher, Esq. (P.). 

 P. B. N. AValker, Es(]. (P.). 

 Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 



Sapelle, Lower Niger. 

 Agberi, „ 



Benuc P., N. of Ibi. 

 Ja R., S. Cameroon. 

 Benito P. 

 Ogowe P. 

 Talagouga, Ogo^Ye. 

 Eloby, Gaboon. 



Dr. "W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Jl. L. Norton Traill, Esq. (C). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Miss Kingsley (C). 



