HAPLOCHILUS. * 



38. HAPLOCHILUS MULTIFASCIATUS. 

 Bouleng. Bull. Soc. Nat. Luxenib. 1013, p. 43. 



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

 3J times. Head flat above ; snout broad, rounded, as long as eye ; 

 mouth directed upwards; lower jaw scarcely projecting; eye oj to 

 3^ times in length of head, IJ times in interorbital width; praeorbital 

 about J diameter of eye. Dorsal 8-9, originating twice as far from head 

 as from root of caudal, above posterior fourth of anal, longest rays 

 about J length of head. Anal H-15, longest rays f to f length of 

 head. Pectoral | length of head, just reaching base of ventral ; ventral 

 small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. 

 Caudal pointed, median rays sometimes produced, longer than head. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 29-30 scales in longitudinal series, 

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

 feeble pits. Pale brownish, with 7 blackish vertical bars, two above the 

 anal and two on the caudal peduncle; narrower bars sometimes present 



ILfploclillas multlfasdatus. 

 Type, xli 



between the principal ones ; two black bars across the chin ; dorsal and 

 caudal whitish, with small blackish spots ; distal half of anal blackish, 

 tlie bars of the body usually extending on its white basal half. 



Total length 4o millim. 



Kasai, Congo. — Types in Luxemburg Museum. 

 1-G. Types. Kondue, Kasai. M. E. Liija (C-.). 



7-12. A.l. 



30. HAPLOCHILUS GUAUAMI. 

 Ooulcng. Ann. & Mi.g. N. II. (8) viii. 1011, p. 267. 



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

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

 eye ; mouth directed upwards ; lower jaw projecting ; eye 3 to 3J times 

 in lengtli of head, IJ times in interorbital width; prseorbital barely 

 \ diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating about twice as far from 



