HAPLOCHfLUS. 4.j 



mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye nearly 3 times in 

 length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width, as long as or a little 

 shorter than postorbital part of head ; prseorbital hardly ^ diameter of 

 eye. Dorsal 10, orii^inating twice as far from anterior border of eye as 

 from root of caudal, above anterior third of anal, median rays longest, 

 about ^ length of head. Anal 14-15, rounded like the dorsal. Pectoral 

 I length of head, reaching a little beyond base of ventral ; latter nearer 



Fiir. 31. 



Ilaploch lias m)jai>o&a'. 

 Type (Ann. JS'atal Mus. lOU.s). 



end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long as head. 

 Caudal peduncle IJ times as long as deep. 27-28 scales in longitudinal 

 series, 16 round body in front of ventrals ; no lateral-line pits. Pale 

 olive, with darker edges to the scales ; fins greyish. 



Total length 28 millim. 



Zululand. — Types in Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. 

 1-2. Two o£ the types. Myaposa R. Dr. E. Wiirren (P.). 



3. HAPLOCHILUS PUMILUS. 



Bouleng. Tr, Zool. Soc. xvii. I'JOG, p. 551, pi. xxxii. fig. 4, and Fish. Nile, j). 420, 

 pi. xxxii. fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body 3| to 4J times in total length, length of head St^ to 

 4 times. Head fiat above ; snout short and broad, ssliorter than eye ; 



Y\<j. 32. 



ILiplocliilas piimUas. 

 Typo(F. N.). f. 



mouth directed upwards, lower jaw strongly projecting ; eye nearly 

 3 times in length of head, H to I5 times in interorbital width, f to | 

 postorbital part of head; pnrorbital hardly J diameter of eye. Dorsal 

 10-11, originating twice as far from snout or eye as from root of caudal, 



