AXAP.AS. 



■JO 



wicltli ; niaxilhuv extending to hi'low centre of eye ; pnliainc teeth 

 present; pni-orbital and prieopercnlnm entire; strong spines on inter- 

 operculum, snboperculnm, and opercnlnin ; latter with a deep notch, 

 and another between it and tin- siiboperculum. 6 very short gill-rakers 

 (in lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVIII-XIX 10 11; spines 

 eipial from the sixth, rather niDre tliun ^ length of head ; longest sott 

 rays ^ lengtli of head. Anal Nil 10. similar to dorsal. Pectoral nearly 

 4 length of head. Ventral not reaching anal. Candal ronnded. 

 Candal piduncle nearly twice as deep as long, the distance between 

 dorsal and candal a little greater than diameter of eye. Scales rugose 

 and stn)n-;ly ctenoid, 3o-.34 if; lateral lines \~. Olive, very dark 

 above ; more or less indistinct dark bars on posterior part of body. 



Total length 10') niillim. 



Ubanghi. — IVpe in Congo Museum, 'rcrvncren. 

 1. One of the iypes. Yenihe \l. :it Ban/yvilie. Capt. Royaux (C). 



Aiiahns pellr'griiii. 

 'Pvpe {A. M. C). f 



C. ANA B AS XIGROPANNOSUP. 



Clennpoma nu/ropannoxum, T{<^iclien. Sitzli. Ges. Niit. Fr. Bcrl. 1875, p. 147. 

 Ctenopoma gahonense, Giinth. Ann. & Mug. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 2(>9, pi. xiii. 



fig. C ; Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1899, p. 3.58. 

 Anahas yiioropannnstis. Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899. p. 212, and Poi.ss. 



Buss. Congo, p. .T?:'. (1901) : Rtfiiid. T)enk«chr. Ak. Wicn. Ixxxix. 191.S, 



p. 49. 



Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 3^ times. Snout ronnded, hardly as long as eye, which is 4 to 5 times 

 in length of head and 1 i to 1 ^ times in interorbital width; maxillary 



