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6 in lower; eye a little longer than snout, a little shorter than inter- 

 orbital width. Dorsal 24, oricjinatiuij above 13th ray of anal, its length 

 2 that of anal, ? its distance from head. Anal 41. Pectoral as long as 

 head. Ventrals absent *. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle 4 times as long as deep, as long as head. 85 scales in 



IS 



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lateral line, .v, in transverse series on body, j^ in transverse series 

 between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown, head 

 darker; dorsal and anal fins dark brown in front. 



Total length 'JO millini. 



Nicrra Leone. 

 1. Tvpo. N. Siierlio district. X. W. Tlioiiia?, Esq. (P.). 



Distinguished from G. )nevti) by the shorter dorsal fin and the 



longer anal. 



FiV ins. 



Add :— 

 7. Ad. 



(inathoiiemns thomasi. 

 Type. 



14. GNATIIONEMUS 'STANLEYANUS, Blj;,-. 



Sankuni TJ. at Kondiic, Kasai. M. E. Luja ((!.) ; Liixeiii- 



burg Museuni (P.). 



15. GNATIIONEMUS SENEGALENSIS, Stdr. 



Pt4lc<>T. Poiss. Bass. Tchad, p. bo, pi. ii. fig. 4 (I'.Ui). 



Add :— 

 11. Hgr. Oyan 11., Niger. A. E. Kitson, Es.j. (P.). 



IG. GNATIIONEMUS ANGOLENSIS, Blgr. 

 Recorded from the Upper Zambesi by rdlegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xxxix. 101 4, p. 24. 



* No doubt a cons^iiifal malformation. 



