70 CYPE1N0D0^'TID.E. 



line pits. Pale yellowish brown, finely speckled with darker, especially 

 on the borders of the scales ; a fine blackish line runs along the side of 

 the body ; fins greyish. 



Total length 47 millim. 



Nyasaland, Lake Rukwa, and Zululand. 



1-8. Types. Fort Johnston. A. Wliyte, Esq. (C.) ; 



Sir H. H. Johnston <P.). 

 9. Ad. Indukuduku, Zululand. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



o2. HAPLOCHILUS MARNI. 



JIaplocltiltis faeciolatus, part., Giinth. Cat, Fish. vi. p. 358 (I.8GG), and Petherick's 



Trav. ii. p. 258 (18G'J). 

 Ilaploclnlns marnoi, Stcind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixxxiii. i. 1881, p. 198 ; Boulong. 



Fish. Nile, p. 418, pi. Ixxix. fig. 8 (1907). 



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

 3| times. Head flat above ; snout as long as eye ; month directed 

 upwards, lower jaw feebly projecting ; eye 3 to 3J times in length of 

 head, 1 J to 1| times in interorbital width ; praeorbital J diameter of eye. 



Fi«'. 57. 



llaplocldJus marni. 

 Mongalla (F. N.). |. 



Dorsal 7-8, originating twice as far from head as from root of caudal, 

 above posterior third of anal j longest ray about ^ length of head. 

 Anal 14-15. Pectoral about | length of head, extending beyond base 

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

 of caudal. Caudal rounded or obtusely pointed, nearly as long as head. 

 Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 27-28 scales in longitudinal 

 series, 18-20 round body in front of ventrals ; lateral line indicated 

 by a series of pits. Pale brown above, yellowish white beneath, with 

 9 to 12 dark brown or blackish oblique bands on each side of the body, 

 directed downwards and forwards ; two or three similar bands may be 

 present on the caudal fin ; dorsal and anal purplish or bluish grey, the 

 latter sometimes with small crimson spots. 



Total length 42 millim. 



Wiiitc Nile and Pahr-el-Gebel. — Types in Vienna Museum. 



