268 CHARACINID^. 



13-14 



peduncle as long as deep. Scales 68-77 ^^-^^, 10 between lateral line 

 and root of ventral. Young greyish or purplish brown above, white 



Fis. 204. 





m^^^"^ 



DistichudiiS atrovcntralis. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



below, with 6 to 9 continuous or interrupted dark vertical bars ; dorsal 

 with black dots ; ventrals black or blackish ; pectoral usually blackish 

 at the end; adult uniform brown. 



Total length 420 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. Hgr. Matadi, Lower Congo. M. P. Delhoz (C). 



2. Yg. Boma, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



3. Yg., one of the Lake Bayari, „ M. A. GreshofF (C.) ; 



types. Utrecht University (E.) . 



4. Ad. Dole, Stanley Pool. M. P. Delhez (C). 



5. Yg. Bikoro, Lake Tunilja, Upper ;, 



( ^ongo. 

 G. Hgr. Kutu, Lake Leopold IL, Up[)er ,. 



Congo. 

 7. Hgr. Upper C/ongo. Brussels University. 



10. DISTICHODUS MOSSAMBICUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Berk Ac. 1852, p. 275, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 71, })1. xiii. tig. 1 



(1868) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 513. 

 Disticlwdus sclienga, Peters, 11. cc. pp. 270, 74, pi. xiii. fig. 2. 

 DisticJwdus macrolepis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 362 (1864). 



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

 times. Head longer than deep, 2 to 2 J times as long as broad ; snout 

 feebly compressed, rounded, but little shorter than postocular part of 

 head, about 1 J diameters of eye, which is 4 to 4 J times in length of head ; 



