66 CTPEINODONTID.E. 



often with a fine blackish lateral line ; dorsal and caudal colourless, the 

 latter edged with red above and beneath in the male ; other fins yellow. 

 Total length 33 millim, 

 Egypt. 

 1-8. Types. Near Lake Marcotis. (-. 11. Schoellor, Esq. (P.). 



i)-48, 49-58. Ad. Ghct-el-Nassura, L. Men- L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 Si h^^r. zaleh. 



.'')0. Ad. Birkct Karun, Faynm. Dr. W. A. C'unnington and 



Dr. (,'. L. BoulengcM- (P.). 



27. HAPLOCHILUS MOERUENSIS. 

 Poulong. Kov. Zool. Afr. iii. VJU, p. 447. 



Depth of body 4 J to 4 J times in total length, length of head ?)\ to 

 3| times. Head fiat above ; snout very short, shorter than eye ; mouth 



Fig. 52. 



Jfaj>Joc7iilus moerucjisis. 

 Typo. xl|. 



directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 2 J to 2| times in length of 

 head, as long as postorbital part of head, about 1^ times in interorbital 

 width ; prseorbital about J diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating 

 about IJ times as far from eye as from root of caudal, above middle of 

 anal; longest ray about J length of head. Anal 14-16. Pectoral 

 about § length of head, extending to base of ventral ; latter small, mucli 

 nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, a little 

 longer than head. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 26-28 

 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round body in front of ventrals ; no 

 lateral-line pits. Yellowish, top of head and back, and borders of the 

 scales speckled with dark brown ; fins whitish. 



Total length 34 millim. 



Lake Mwcru. — Typ(^s in Congo Museum, Tervucrcn. 



1-0. Types. L. Mweru at Kilng. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



7-11. Types. L. Mweru at Nkolc 



