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CYPKIXID-E. 



near the base of the caudal, and a more or less distinct daik bar on the 

 base of the fin; fins whitish, transparent. 



Total length 43 millim. 



Upper Nile and AVliite Nile. 

 1-',. Types. Near Kermch, Sr.l Cataract. L. l-<>at. Esq. (C). 



6. Hgr. Kaka, AVbitc Nile. „ 



4. DISOOGNATHUS MAKIENSIS. 

 Boulong. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 330, pi. xxxi. fig. 1. 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 5 to G times in total length. Head 

 as bioad as deep, H times as long as broad, ^ to ^ total length ; snout 

 rounded, projecting beyond mouth ; interorl)ital region C(mvcx, its width 

 not quite J length of head ; eye lateral, but better visible from above 

 than from bolmv. in middle of longtli c^f head, its diameter 4 to 5J times 



Fig. 262. 



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Discognathui makiensii. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1903). |. 



in length of head and 2 to \1\ times in interorldtal width; uidth of 

 mouth not quite I length of head ; ujipcr li}) well developed, not 

 fringed ; lowa^r lip embracing a mental disk which is broader than long ; 

 2 barbels on each side, measuring | to f diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, 

 equally distant from end of snout or nostrils and from caudal; longest 

 ray a little longer than head. Anal II 5. Pectoral as long as or slightly 

 longer than head, not reachhiir ventral, wliich is situated below middle 

 of dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1:^ to If times 

 as long as deep. Scales 38-40 .-J, o|-4 between lateral line and ventral, 

 IG round caudal peduncle. Olive above, white beneath. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Maki River, running into L. Zwai. 

 1-2. Types. IMaki U. Prof. 0. Xpiimann (C). 



