384 On Three new Fishes from South Cameroon. 



strongly pr'ojecting beyond mouth; mouth small, its widtli ^ 

 to ^ length of head ; nostrils below level of eye, equally 

 distant from latter and from end of snout ; eye ratlier large, 

 I length of snout or interorbital width. Dorsal 40-42, as 

 long as its distance from tlie end of the snout. Anal 26-29, 

 orininating below lIUli or 14th ray of dorsal. Pectoral -| to 

 I length of head, reaching base of ventral. Caudal scaly, 

 with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle 2^ to 3 times as long- 

 as deep, f to f length of head. Dark brown, a little lighter 

 beneatl). 



Total length 250 mm. 



Three specimens from the Ja River and one from the 

 Buraba Hiver, a tributary of the Ja. 



Very closely allied to M. macrodon, Blgr,, but distinguished 

 by the larger eye. 



Mormyrus jce. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4§ times in total 

 length. Head a little longer than deep, with strongly curved 

 upper profile ; snout short, measuring | postorbital part of 

 liead ; mouth teruiinal; teeth small, feebly notched, 7 in 

 upper jaw, 10 in lower; eye in anterior half of head, a little 

 shorter than snout, f interorbital width. Dorsal G4, origi- 

 nating above base of ventral, its distance from base of 

 caudal ^ its distance from end of snout, its base, 2^ times 

 that of anal. Anal 2G, originating much nearer base of 

 caudal than end of snout, l^ectoral pointed, f length of 

 head. Ventral nearly ^ length of head. Caudal with long 

 pointed lobes, a little shorter than head. Caudal peduncle 

 3 times as long as deep, f length of head. 100 scales in 

 lateral line, ^ in transverse series on body, 20 between dorsal 

 and anal, 16 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, silvery 

 beneath. 



Total length 175 mm. 



A single specimen irom the Ja River. 



Most nearly related to 31, macrophthalmus^ Gthr. ; princi- 

 pally distinguished by the longer anal and the number of 

 scales round the caudal peduncle. 



Barllius hatesli. 



Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 4 

 times. Head 2^ to 2f times as long as broad, with feebly 

 curved upper profile ; snout pointed, not projecting beyond 



