284 



CHARACL^^ID.E. 



more or less distinct longitudinal dark streaks on the snout ; fins white, 

 dorsal sometimes dusky. 



Total length 52 millim. 



Lower Nile to Blue Nile and Baln-el-Gebel. 



Y\<r. 217. 



2saniiocharux niloticus. 

 White Nile (F. X.). 



1. Ad. 



2-31. Ad. & ligr. 



32. Skel. 



33. Ad. 

 34-35. Ad. 

 36-37. Ad. 

 38-47, 48-67, 68-87 



Ad. & hrrr. 



Bf'iii Souef, Lower Xile. 

 Near Luxor. 



»» 



Assnaii. 



Rosaires, Blue Nile. 

 Kaka, White Nile. 

 Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. 



L. Loat, Es(i. (C). 



Capt. S. Flower (P.j. 

 L. Loat, E.^q. (C). 



6. NANNU( llAKAX LLONiiATL'S. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. L'U, pi. xlviii. tig. iU ll^dO), aiul Boiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 11)7 (IDOl). 



Depth of body 6J to 7| times in total length, length of head 47^ to 

 5 times. Body cylindrical. Head as broad as deep ; snout as long as 

 eye, which is a little more than 3 times in length (^f head and equals 



Fig. 218. 



Nannocharax eloiv/aUts. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



iutciorbital width. Dorsal 111 10, originating above base of ventral, 

 situated nearer end of snout than caudal, longest ray as long as head. 

 Anal III 7. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching origin of 

 ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle 2 to 



