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Uelle, Upper Congo. — Typos in Congo Museum, Tcrvucrcn. 

 1. One of tlie tvpes. Diini;n. Caiit. llutoioau (( ".). 



Dorsal fin originating; further bade tlian in X. uiiitwniatns. 



i:.. NEOLEBIAS, Stdr. 



2a. NEOLEBIAS ANSORGII. 



Bouleng. Ann. ^In>. Congo, Zool. ii. o, p. 8, pi. xvii. fig. 2 {11U2). 



Depth of body 25 to 3 times in total length, lengtli of head 3 to 

 i>\ times. Head t«ice as long as broad, a little longer than deep, 

 smooth above, with large fontanelle ; snout rounded, much shorter tlian 

 eye, whicli is 3 times in length of head and equals interocular width ; 

 mouth terminal; maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye ; 

 14 teeth in outer praemaxillary series. Gill-rakers short, about 12 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal III 8, originating immediately 

 behind vertical of ventrals, longest ray ^ length of head, Xo adipose 

 dorsal. Anal II 6. Pectoral nearly | length of head, as long as ventral. 



A'eolchius uitsorijli. 

 Type (A. 1\J. C), 



Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer than 

 deep. 29-32 scales in longitudinal series, 9 in transverse series between 

 dorsal and ventral ; lateral line about or reduced to 3 or 4 scales behind 

 the gill-cover. Green above, with a broad darker band along the side 

 and a dark green bar, edged anteriorly with yellowish, at tlie base of 

 the caudal ; dorsal and cauihil pale orange, other fins briglit orange or 

 vermilion, sometimes blackish at tlie end. 



Total Icnght 27 millim. 



Chiloango. 



1-4. Types. Marslios near Liiciilla U. i)r. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



5-G. Typos. Luali K. at Lundo. ,, 



Distinguished from the other species of the genus by the more 

 posterior position of the dorsal fin. 



