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to spcond dorsal. Pectoral § to | It'ugth of head. A'cntral with a 

 broad basal membrane, terminating at a great distance from vent. 

 Caudal rounded, shorter than head. Caudal peduncle H to If times 

 as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, 58-64 in longitudinal series, 

 16-lS in transverse series between dorsal and anal. Olive-brown or 

 green above, metallic bronzy or golden on the sides, white beneath; 

 more or less distinct dark brown or black spots or marblings above; two 

 dark oblique lines directed forwards from the eye to the mouth ; 

 second dorsal with numerous small blackish spots ; caudal with trans- 

 verse series of black spots, wliicli may be confluent into irregular 

 cross-bars. 



Total length IGO niillini. — Grows to 250 milliin. 



Fre^h waters of East and South-East Africa and .Madagascar. — Tvpcs 

 in Berlin Museum. 



1-1'. .\ I. .'i: li-;r. Mkata U., (icrmuii K. .Vfricu. Dr. E. J. Baxter (('.). 



'^. One of the types. Sena, .Mozaml)i(iiic. I)r. W. Peters (P.). 



4-5. All. Tete, „ Mr. C. H. B. Grant (C) ; 



C. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.). 

 <^- Skel. 



"• Ad. Umsiiidusi R., Pietermaritzburg. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



8 Ad. Imerina. Madagascar. Rev. R. Baron (C.). 



Tiie following specimen is referred with doubt to this species : — 

 ^- -^"l- Niger. 3Ir. J.Paul Arnold (P.). 



11. GUBIUS (iUINEENSIS. 

 (j'liliiiis (vneo/tisciis, var. ;iuiiu'e)tsis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 187("), p. 2-J8. 

 Uobius {CliOHophovus) tajasica (noa Liclit.), Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. .\vi. 1894, 



p. 2.T. 

 Gohius aneofuscus (non Peters), Giinth. Ann. it Mag. X. H. ((]) xvii. ]8?6 



p. 267. 

 Gohius guineensis, Bouleug. Proc. Zoo!. Soc. 1002, ii. p. 329. 



Body cylindrical; depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length, length of 

 head o^ to 3f times. Head IJ to 2 times as long as broad, naked; 

 snout rounded, with curved upper profile, about \ length of head ; eye 

 oi (young) to 6 times in length of head, ]^ to 3 times interorbital 

 width ; mouth subinferior, extending to below anterior border of eye 

 or not quite so far ; teeth in 2 or 3 rows in each jaw, outer rather 

 large. Dorsals ^'I, I 10, well separated, longest rays about \ length 

 of head. Anal I 10, opposite to second dorsal. Pectoral | to f length of 



