328 



CYPKINID.^. 



Otli of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle deeper than 

 long. Scales 39 J^^:, 5 between lateral line and root of ventral, 20 round 

 caudal peduncle. ' Uniform brownish above, whitish beneath. 



Fig. 24G. 



Lu/'tu fali qniuiis. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



Total len«*th 460 niilliin. 



(vongo. — Tvpes in Congo Museum, Tevvucicn. 



1. Ono of tlif typc^. Xcw Antwerp. I'pjht (onno. 



2. Ad. Mon><'ml)('. 



( .ii.t. Wilvcrlli (('.). 

 \{vy. .]. II. AVeek? (P.). 



•2:\. LAr.i;u K IKK 1 1. 



Laheoforskalii, pint., (uiiitli. Cat. Fisli. vii. p. .')(» (l^i'.S). 

 LaOeo kirkii, Boidcng. Ann. i^ Mag. N. H. (7) xii. lOOi'.. j.. 'M'A). 



Body moderately compressed, its deptli equal to lengtli of head and 

 4 times in total length. Head f as broad as long ; snout obtusely 

 pointed, strongly inojecting, witli a strong curved transverse groove 

 above, its length J that of head ; eye supero-latcral, G times in length of 

 head, 2^ times in iuterorbital width ; width of month, with lips, f length 

 of h( ad i lips strongly developed, upper straight-edged, lower expanded 

 and bordered in front by a fringe of papillae, the posterior border 

 festooned; inner surface of lips with small papilhe forming numerous 

 transverse plicae; rostral flap large, with denticulate edge; snout with 

 crater-like scars of large tubercles. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from 

 nostrils and from caudal, tipper edge concave, longest ray a little longer 



