CYPHINID.E. 21'J 



Dorsul IV 10 (rarely 1) or 11), equally distant from anterior border or 

 centre of eye and from root of caudal ; last simple ray very strong, bony, 

 not serrated, straight or very feebly curved, 1 to Ij times length of head ; 

 border of fin strongly emarginate. Anal III 5, longest ray f to f length 

 of head. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching 

 ventral ; latter inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle li to If times as long as deep. Scales 30-35 -%j'' 

 3-3i between lateral line and ventral, 12 (rarely 14) round caudal 

 peduncle. Brown above, wliitish beneath ; fins dark grey, often tinged 

 with red. 



Total len":th 190 millim. 



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Angola. 



1-lG. Types. Lncalla IJ. at Lucalla. Dr. AV. J. Ansoroe (C). 



17. Skei. ., ,, „ 



Recorded from the Benito lliver, Spanish Guinea, by Pappenheim, I. c. 



;],: VARICORHINUS RUANDA. 



l'aji|icnli. ill Scliiibotz, Wiss. Eryebii. DuutHcli. Z.-Afr. Expod., Zool. iii. p. 2'M'i, 

 pi. i. fig. 1 (1914). 



Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Snout rounded, 1^ times as long as broad, as long as eye, which is 

 3^ times in length of head and IJ times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 nearly straight, its width 3 times in length of head ; a rudimentary 

 barbel ; no tubercles on the snout. Dorsal IV 10, nearer occiput than 

 root of caudal ; last simple ray very strong, bon)', not serrated, a little 

 longer than head ; border of fin strongly emarginate. Anal III -3, 

 longest ray a little shorter than head. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head. Ventral below anterior s :)ft rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales 34-36 r,^ 

 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Grey, 

 back darker ; fins dark grey. 



Total length 150 milhm; 



Mkunga near Ruasa, Iluanda, German East Africa. — Types in Berlin 

 Museum. 



