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from eye as from root of caudal, above middle or posterior third of anal ; 

 longest ray a'^oiit f length of head. Anal 11-12. Pectoral about 

 f length of head, extending to beyond base of ventral ; latter small, 

 equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal 

 rounded, as long as or a little longer than head. Caudal peduncle a 

 little longer than deep. 26-27 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round 

 body in front of ventrals. Yellowish, the scales on the sides and back 

 finely edged with brown, the black powdered with brown ; a fine blackish 

 lateral line ; fins whitish, dorsal, anal, and caudal sometimes blackish 

 (males). 



Total length 34 millim. 



White Nile and Sobat. 

 1-5. Types. Khor on Sobat R. II. H. King, Esq. (P.). 



2G. HAPLOCHILUS SCHOELLERI. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1004, p. 13G ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, 

 cxv. i. lOOG, p. 1112 ; Buulcng. Fish. Nile, p. 415, pi. Ixxix. fig. G (1907). 



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

 4 times. Head flat above ; snout very short, shorter than eye ; mouth 

 directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye not more than 3 times in 

 length of head, as long as or a little sliorter than postorbital part of 



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Haplochilus schoelleri. 

 Type(F. N.). |. 



liead, 1 ^ to 1| times in interorbital width ; prajorbital \ to \ diameter 

 of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating 1^ to If times as far from eye as from 

 root of caudal, above middle of anal ; longest ray about f length of 

 head. Anal 12-13. Pectoral about f length of head, extending 

 to base of ventral ; latter small, much nearer end of snout than 

 root of caudal. Caudal rounded, a little longer than head. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ to 2 times as long as deep. 25-28 scales in longitudinal 

 scries, 14-16 round body in front of ventrals; no lateral-line pits. 

 Yellowish olive (blue in life), the scales finely edged with blackish. 



