HAPLOCHILUS. 47 



5. HAPLOCHILUS FERRANTI. 

 %13onleng. Bull. Soc. Nat. Luxemb. 1010, p. 285. 



Depth of body 6 to 6^ times in total length, length of head 3J to 4 

 times. Head flat above; snout broad, rounded, a little shorter than 

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

 length of head, Ij times- in interorbital width ; prteorbital very narrow. 

 Dorsal 10, originating twice as far from centre of eye or end of snout as 

 from root of caudal, above middle of anal, longest ray about ^ length of 

 head. Anal 13-14. Pectoral nearly f length of head, not reaching 



Fig. 33. 



Hcildocliilus ferranti. 

 6 , type. 



ventral ; latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of 

 caudal. Caudal rounded or subacuminate, as long as head. Caudal 

 peduncle 1| times as long as deep. 30-32 scales in longitudinal 

 series, 20 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated by a 

 series of shallow pits. Brown above and on the sides, dirty white 

 beneath ; usually a bright yellow, continuous or interrupted* lateral 

 band, from the gill-cover to the base of the caudal ; dorsal and 

 caudal brown, spotted with yellow; some orange on the pectoral and 

 ventrals. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Kasai, Congo.— ^Types in Luxemburg Museum, 



1. One of the types. Kondue, K;isai. jM. E. Liija (C). 



2-;}, 4-1). Ad. 



G. HAPLOCHILUS (^AMERONENSIS. 

 PxmleDg. Ann. Si Mag. N. H. (7) xii. IDOn, p. 410. 



Depth of body 4 J to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3| to 

 4 times. Head flat above ; snout broad, rounded, a little shorter than 

 eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw slightly projecting ; eye 'd\ to 

 o^ times in length of head, If to 2 times in interorbital width; pne- 

 orbital very narrow. Dorsal 11-12, originating twice as far from centre 



