204 



60-66 



CHAEACIXID.E. 



15-1 6 

 liJ-18 



, 13-14 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, 



bluish grey on the back. 

 Total length 390 millim. 

 Congo. 



Fig. 224. 



3. CITHARINUS MACROLEPIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 93, pi. xxxviii. (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 203 (1901). 



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

 times. Head about twice as long as broad, upper pirofile feebly concave ; 

 snout short, broadly truncate, twice as broad as long, as long as or a 

 little shorter than eye, not projecting beyond lower jaw; eye 3-| (young) 

 to 5 times in length of head ; a narrow adipose lid in front of and behind 

 eye; interorbital width about half length of head. Gill-rakers very 

 short, about 50 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 17-19 (4-5 un- 

 branched), originating above last ray of ventral, falciform, anterior rays 



