20 



GOHIID-E. 



r>5, ■)(;. A.i. 



57. Ad. 

 .')8. Ad. 

 no. H"r. 



Gaboon. 



Cliiloango H. ncMr Leila. 

 Luculla K., Ciiiloiiiijio. 

 Lidon>;o R. lU'ar Caliiiida, 

 Portujifiiese (_'oi»"o. 



])r. AV. J. Ansorgp (C). 



i;i. ELKOTKIS JloNTKIKI. 

 O'Sliau-hii. Aim. it JMag. N. H. (-4) .w. 1«75, \k 1 17. 



Body not or bul feebly compvesseJ, ils depth 4 to 5 tiini.'s in total 

 leiij,'th; length of head 3 to 3^- times. Head longer than broad, scaly 

 above from between the eyes ; a groove on each side beliind the eye ; 

 clieek naked or with a few scales ; operculum more or less scaly ; snout 

 broad, rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, the diameter of 

 which is o\ to 7 times in length of head, 1^ to 2 times in interorbital 

 width ; lower jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to below centre or 

 posterior border of eye ; no canine teetli ; a strong antrorse spine at 

 angle of pneoperculum. Dorsals VI, I 8, narrowly separated from each 

 other, longest rays \ to f length of head. Anal I 8, its origin a little 

 beliind that of dorsal. Pectoral f to | length of head, longer than 

 ventral. Candal rounded, shorter than head. Caudal peduncle twice as 

 lung as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, (i()-7() in longitudinal series, 

 19-22 between dorsal and anal. Brown, with rather indistnict darker 



I-'ilT. V.i. 



Kleotris nwiiteifi. 

 Type. 



spots, with or without a dark lateral band ; fins purplish with numerous 

 small dark and light spots; first dorsal blackish towards the upper 

 border, which is whitish. 



Total length 230 millim. 



"NN'est Africa, from Spanish (iuinea to Angola. 



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