rilAGO. 



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1. PHAGO LOUICATUS. 

 Gunlh. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1«G5, p. 210, pi. v. 



Depth of body 9 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Head 

 3^ times as long as broad ; snout a little longer than postorbital part of 

 head, 2^- times diameter of eye, which is 5 J times in length of head and 

 nearly equals interorbital width ; mouth extending nearly to anterior 

 border of eye; 19 teeth on each side in outer series in each jaw, the 

 first upper a small canine ; bones of the head granulated and striated. 

 Gill-rakers very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 9, originating above 

 last ray of ventral, slightly nearer end of snout than caudal, longest ray 

 not quite half lengtli of head. Anal III 8. Pectoral f length of head, 



Fiff. 188. 



PJiayo lorimtus. 

 Type, after Gunther (Ann. & Mag. N. 11. 18G.5). 



a little shorter than ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle 7 times as long as deep. Scales 47 ^ ; a single series 

 of scales between dorsal fin and lateral line series, 6 round caudal 

 ])eduncle. Pale brownish ; dorsal with two horizontal dark streaks ; 

 3 oblique dark streaks across each lobe of caudal. 



Total k'ngth 110 niillim. 



NiiJ:er. 



1. Ty{)e. 



Nioer, 



]\Ir. .I.T. DaUon (C). 



2. PIIAGO IXTERMEDIUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 77, pi. xxxiv. fig. 3 (18'.)9), and Poi.-r.s. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 178 (1901). 



Depth of body 6 times in total length, lenirth of head 3| times. 

 Head 3^ times as long as broad; snout a little longer than postocular 

 part of head, 2| times diameter of eye, which is 5^ times in length of 

 head and 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth extending to anterior 

 bolder (;f eye; 22 teeth on each side of u})prr jaw. Dorsal 1\' 8^ 



