SII.UUID.K. 



285 



nuddlc, is a little hroailcr than the pntniaxillary hand. Nasal barbel 

 nearly as long as head; maxillary barbel If times as lonj; as head, 

 reaching beyond pectoral ; inner mandibular barbel f. length of head, 

 outer \^. Gill-rakers thick, Ki in nnmbcr. Clavicles striated, covered 

 with a thin skin. Dorsal ]()(), its distance from occipital process 

 ^ length of liead. very narrowly separated from caudal. Anal 75, very 

 narrowly separated from caudal. I'ectoral .\ length of head, the spine 



Fiir. 174. 



(- 'la rias o.fi/cejihtilns. 

 'J'ype. 



serrated on both sides and i the length of tli(> tin. Ventral ] i) times 

 as distant from caudal as from end of suout. Caudal h length of head. 

 Uniform olive. 



'I'dtid length 225 millim. 



ISouth Cameroon. 

 1. 'hpp. NyongR. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Differs from C. wcnieri principally in the more pointed snout. 



•2ia. CLARIAS ESAMES.l]. 

 Bouleng. Aim. k Mag. X. H. (Si viii. 1011, [.. ?,72. 



Depth of body 7 times in total length, length of head 5 times. Head 

 ]f times as long as broad, smooth al)ove ; occipital process angular; 

 frontal fontanelle twice as long as broad ; occipital fontanelle sniallcr, 

 partly on occipital process ; eye 3 times in length of snout, 5^ times in 

 interorbital width ; band of prsemaxillary teeth barely o times as long 

 as broad ; vomerine teeth granuhu'j forming a large fan-shaped patch, 



