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soft rays as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral 

 pointed, as long as head, not reaching ventral, which is situated below 

 anterior soft rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 29 p^ 

 2 between lateral line and root of ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



rig. 266. 



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Varico^'hinus ansorgii. 

 Type. |. 



Pale mauve above, scales edged with bluish grey, greyish white beneath ; 

 fins all pale mauve, with dark mauve striae. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Kwango R. (Congo System), Angola. 

 1. Type. Kwango R. at Fort Don Carlos, Angola. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2. VARICORHINUS BRUCII, 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 310, pi. xix. 



Depth of body 3J times in total length, length of head 4J times. 

 Snout rounded, broader than long, -g length of head; eye lateral, 

 4^ times in length of head, twice in interorbital width ; no conical 

 tubercles on the head ; mouth feebly curved, its width 3 times in length 

 of head ; two barbels on each side, anterior ^ diameter of eye, posterior 

 as long as eye. Dorsal IV 9, last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, 

 its rigid part f length of head ; border of fin concave ; longest ray a 



