4r)8 i\lr. G. A. rJoulcngcr on 



Tlic fish described by Pfeflcr is iiroljably a young 

 (\ Iiobi'Cc//ii, Vinciij., and is at any rate very (liilercnt from 

 the one here described, as the vomerine teeth are granuhir, 

 the dorsal fin is widely separated from the caudal, and there 

 are 40 gill-rakers on the anterior arch. 



Bagriis Degeni. 



Depth of body 4?, to 5^, times in total length, length of 

 head 6l to 3fj' times.' Head once and ^ to once and ^ as long 

 as broad ; occipital process long and narrow ; diameter of 

 eye 5 (young) to 1 1 tiuics in length of head, once and ^ to 

 twice and f in length of snout, once and \ to once and § 

 in intcrorbital Avidth ; nasal Ijarbcl .1 (young) to | length 

 of head, maxillary barbel once and 1 (adult) to twice and \ 

 (young) length of head, extending barely to end of pectoral 

 fin in the adult^ to end of ventral fin in the young. Dorsal 

 I 9, last ray in advance of vertical of inner ray of ventral ; 

 longest ray ], (adult) to £ (young) length of head. Adipose 

 dorsal 4 to 5i times as long as deep, once and ], to once and | 

 as long as the rayed dorsal ; the space between the two 

 dorsals equals ^ to | the length of the first. Anal 111 8-9. 

 Pectoral J to f length of head, its spine moderately strong, 

 not serrated in the adult. Upper lobe of caudal produced 

 into a long filament. Caudal peduncle not or but little 

 longer than deep. Blaclvish brown or dark steel-blue above, 

 whitish or brassy yellow beneath ; fins grey to blackish; iris 

 dark, with a vivid yellow ring. 



IScvcn specimens, measurnig from 130 to 490 mm., from 

 Entebbe. 



Intermediate between B. docmac, Forsk., which occurs 

 also in Lake Yictoiia, and B. oritnialis, lilgr., from the 

 Pangani River. 



Synodontis victoria. 



Depth of body 4 to 4-1 times in total length, length of head 

 3}, to 4 times. Head once and j as long as bioad, granulate 

 above, the snout smooth ; frontal fontanelle moderate ; snout 

 rounded, as long as postocular part of head; intcrorbital 

 region slightly convex, | length of head ; eye supero-lateral, 

 its diameter 5 to 5i times in length of head ; occipital region 

 convex ; lips moderate ; maxillary barbel simple, w ith a 

 narrow fringe at the base, a little shorter than head, extending 

 to Ijase of pectoral spine; mandibular barbels with slender 

 simple branches, outer about ^ length of head, inner | or * ; 

 pia;maxillary teeth forming a broad band; anterior mandi- 

 bular teeth curved, }. diameter of eye, 19-21 in numljc]-. 



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