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VI. — A List of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa. 

 By G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S. 



So many additions have been made to the African freshwater 

 fisli-fauna during the last few years, over 400 new species 

 liaving been described by myself, that a full list, with a brief 

 indication of the habitats, seems worthy of publication. This 

 list is intended to serve as a basis for a general account of the 

 distribution of these fishes which I am now preparing for 

 the South African Meeting of the British Association. 



In order to save space bibliographical references have been 

 omitted ; the indication of the author for each genus and 

 species, coupled with the year of publication, should, with tiie 

 help of the British Museum Catalogue and the series of 

 volumes of the 'Zoological Record' (from 1864) , suffice to 

 meet the requirements of the student. 



IMerely estuarine forms are excluded from thi.-? list. 



Species occurring both in the sea and in fresh wafer are 

 marked with an asterisk after tlie indication of the habitat. 



Ord. I. PLAGIOSTOMI. 

 Fam. 1. Cahchaiiiid^. 



1 . Carcharias, Cuv. 1817. 



1. zambesensis, Peters, 1852. Zambesi. 



Fam. 2. Pristid.*:. 



1. Pm^js, Latham, 1794. 



1. Perroteti, M. & H. 1838. East Coast*. 



Ord. II CROSSOPTERYGII. 



Fam. POLYPTEBID^. 



1. Polypterus, Geoflfr. 1802. 



1. 6r-/«>, Geoffr. 1802. Nile, L. Chad. 



2. Lapradii, Stdr. 1869. Senegal, Gambia, Nio-er. 



3. congicus, Blgr. 1898. Conopo, L. Tanganyika. 



4. Endlicheri, Heck. 1849. White Nile, Niger. 



5. Delhezi, Blgr. 1899. Congo, L. Chad. 

 fi. ornatipinnis, Blgr. 1902. Congo. 



7. Weeksii, Blgr. 1898. Congo, Katanga. 



8. senegalus, Cuv. 1829. Nile, L. Rudolf, Senegal, Gambia, Niger. 



9. palmas, Ayres, 1850. Liberia, Congo. 

 10. retropinyiis, Vaill. 1899. Congo. 



2. Valumichthys, J. A. Smith, 1866. 



1. cnlaharicus, J. A. Smith, 1866. Niger Delta to CLiloaneo. 



