ANABAS. 63 



Ctmopoma kim/slei/w, Giiiitli. Ann. it Ma;;. N. H. (("ij xvii. 18".'('>, p. :i7ii. j,l. xiii. 



fig. A ; Pt-llegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1899, p. 359. 

 Analms Hitffslei/a', Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. 11. (7) iii. 1809, p. 24:1, and Poiss. 



Bas>. Congo, p. 375 (1901). 



Depth of body 2 to 2f time.s in total length, length of head 2f to 

 3| limes. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is og to 

 4 1 times in length of head and 1 to H times in interorbital width; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior fourth or third of eye ; palatine 

 teelh present; pia^orbital and prjEO[)erculnni entire; suboperculum and 

 iiitero[)erculu[n n)ore or less distinctly denticulate ; several spines above 

 and below op(>rcular notch. 6 to 8 very short gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anteiior arch. Dorsal XVl-XV'lIl 8-10; spines subequal from the 

 fourth or fifcli, ^ to f length of head ; longest soft rays ^ to f length of 

 head. .\nal IX (rarely X) 9-11, similar to dorsal. Pectoral | to 

 * length of head. Ventral not extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal 

 rounded. A mere indication of a caudal peduncle. Scales rugose and 

 strongly ctenoid, 25-29 ^^-^; lateral lines ^^^. Brown or olive ; a large 

 black spot in front of the base of caudal, surrounded by a yellow circle 

 in the young. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Senegambia to Congo. 



1-2. All. (ianiliia. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



3. Ad. Corbal U. at Tcbitote, Poitu- Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



guese Gniiipa. 



■1. Vg. N. !5licrl)0 District, Sierra N. W. Tli<inias, E.-;ci ( P.). 



Leone. 



5-13. Ad. & hgr. Nanna Kni, Lil)ona. W. P. Lowe, Esq. (('.). 



14. Ad. Lagos. Sir A. Moloney (P.;. 



15. Ad. Odo Onii, lio:id-\vati'r of Omi Major G. E. Bruce (P.), 



R., Lagos. 



IG. Ad. Niger. Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 



17. Ad. Agberi, Lower Niger. Dr. \\' . J. Ansorge (<'.). 



18-21. Yg. Abo, ., „ 



22-27. Yg. Assay, 



28. Ad. „ 



29. Hgr. Kwale, Etliiopc R., Lower C'apt.R. D.Gard'ner (P.j. 



Niger. 

 30-:'>l. Ad. & ligr. .\bogaji,liead-\vatcrsi)f .Mioina ilajor G. L. Bruce (P.). 



R., Cross R. system. 

 32-31. Tvpes. Kondo-kondo, Ogowe, iIi^- Kingslcj (C). 



3.-)-37. Ad. & bgr. Ombrokua, „ Dr. \V. J. Ansorge (('.). 



;58. Y'j.. J-]l(iby. Gaboon. 



39-111. Ad. &; V". Gaboon. 



