32G CVPIUMD-K. 



nearer caudal tlian end of snout, upper edge not or but feebly notcbed 

 in adult, more distinctly in young, longest rays as long as or longer tban 

 head. Anal II 5, extending beyond root of caudal. Pectoral as long as 

 head, not reaching ventral, the first ray of which is below Vth or 10th 

 ray of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle nearly as hnvj^ 

 as deep. Scales 38-39 fli^, 4 between lateral line and ylhA of ventral, 

 3 6-lS round caudal peduncle. Brown or dark pur])li>h above, the scales 

 edged with grren ; dor.>al and anal pink, pectorals and veutrals dark 

 purple, caudal pale yellow at tiie base, ])ink at the end. 



Total length -jOO milliin. 



Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. A<).. one of tiic Matadi, I>«>\\<'r Coiicro. ('apt. \\il\viTtli (C). 



t vpcs. 



2. Hfrr. Cataracts d Vtlal.i, near M. 1'. l>cllif'/. ( C.). 



Mata.li. 

 3-5. Ad ct y^. K\vaii;,a) H. at Fort I)<)ii 1 "r. W. .1. Ausorgo (C.). 



C'ailo> I., Aii'nila. 



•21. LAllKo ( Vi IJ »1(1IV.\» II rs. 

 Boulong. Ann. Mas. Congo, Znol. i. p. l»S. pi. \1. Hg. 1 (1{<U1>), and l'oi^>. Ba-s. 



Concro, p. 2U ,11101). 

 Liiheo cyclorliijn(liti.<, v.ir. ntriei/ata, Pellogr. Ihiil. Ma-. Taris, TJOl, p. '.V.V2. 



Body strongly compressed, its de|)tli 3 to 3^ times in tot^il I'Migth. 



Head 3f to 4 times in total length, 1', to T^ times as long as broad; 



snout broad and rounded, projecting veiy little beyond mouth ; eye 



snpero-laterah in middle of head, 3 (young) to 4^ times in length of 



head, U, to 2§ times in interorbital width ; wid;h of tnoutli, w itli lips, 



1| times in length of head ; lips feebly fringed, with f(>eblc plicir on the 



inner surface ; rostral flap feebly denticulate ; a small barbel, nearly 



hidden in folds of skin ; small tubercles on sides of snout. ])or>al HI 



11-12, e(pially distant from eye and from caudal, up]-ier border concave, 



longest ray If times length of head. Atial 111 o, reaching root of 



caudal. Pectoral not rea( hing ventral, tlie lirst ray of which falls below 



4th branched ray of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched, crescentic. Caudal 



peduncle as long a? deep. Scales 35-38 ^l. 4 betwien lateral lute and 



root of raudal. 1(> round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, greyi>h 



beneath, each scale with a crimson spot; vertical tins dark grey. Young 



