26G 



CHARACmiD.E. 



snout rounded, not compressed, projecting little beyond mouth, as long 

 as eye, which is o|- times in length of head and about 1^ times in inter- 

 orbital width ; maxillary extending to below nostrils ; teeth in two 

 series in each jaw, outer series containing 22-24 teeth. Dorsal 22 

 (4-5 unbranched), equally distant from occiput and from caudal, its 

 base 2J times its distance from adipose fin. Anal 16 (3-4 unbranched). 

 Pectoral | length of head. Caudal forked, lobes obtusely pointed. 

 Caudal peduncle much deeper than long. Scales 68-75 jy, 13-14 

 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, back darker ; a dark 

 spot on the lateral line above the pectoral ; dorsal with small dark 

 spots. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Kingani River, East Africa. — Types in Berlin and Hamburg 

 Museums. 



1. One of the types. Kingani R. Dr. Stulilinann (C.) ; 



Berlin i\Iu.seinn (E.). 



8. DISTICHODUS ANTONII. 



Schilthuis, Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. ^0 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 Congo, p. 191 (1901). 



Fia:. 203. 









SMmm / 





'^'^^'r ^y 



Didicliodus a nionii. 

 Upper Congo. |. 



Depth of body 2 J to 2| times in total length, length of head 3 J to 4 J 

 times. Head about as long as deep, IJ to 2 times as long as broad; 



