CTPRIMD.E. 



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poduncle 11 times as long as deep. Scales 35 '-^(, 3 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 11 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, yellowish 

 bcneatli ; fins dark grey. 



Total length 170 niilliiu. 



Angola. 



1. Typo. Luc;ill:i 1!. :it Liic:ill;i. Dr. W. J. Ansorgc (('.). 



?>u. V.MlTr'OrxTITXUS SANDERS!. 

 Boulcng. Ann. Mii.-;. Congo, Zool. ii. X p. 11, |.l. xix. fig. 1 (IDIS). 



Depth of body 2| to SJ times in total lengtli, Icngtli of liead 4J to 

 5 times. Snout rounded, much broader than long, about j lengtli of 



Fig. 137. 



Varicorhiinis sandersi. 

 Type. |. 



head; eye 3J (young) to ^ times in length of head, intcrorbilal width 

 If to 2 times ; mouth feebly curved, its width -| (young) to f that of 

 liead ; no barbels ; numerous small tubercles on sides of head. 

 Dorsal III 10 (rarely 9), equally distant from nostrils or eye and from 

 root of caudal; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, ossified 

 part f to I length of head ; border of fin strongly emarginate. 

 Anal III 5, sometimes reaching base of caudal. Pectoral as long as or 

 a little longer than head, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below 



