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SCIJ^INID.^. 



1. OTOLITHUS SENEGALENSLS. 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. ix. p. 476 (1833) ; Steind. Sit/b. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 18G0, 



p. 687, pi. vi., and Notes L^yd. Mu3. xvl. 18^1, p. 17 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. 



Congo, p. 385 (1901). 

 Pseudotolithus tyjms, Bleek: Nat. Verb. Ges Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 59, 



pi. XV. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 4} to i\ times in total length, length of head 3| to of 

 times ; upper profile between snout and dorsal fin neirly straight. Lower 

 jaw projecting a little beyond upper ; snout a little longer than eye, 

 which is 5| to 6J times in length of head and nearly equals interocular 

 width ; maxillary extending to or a little beyond vertical of po^sterior 



Fig. 88. 



OtoJ'ttluis sencgalensis. 

 Senegal, after Steindachner (/, c). 5. 



border of eye ; head covered with scales, except on the lips, which are 

 rather strongly developed. Gill-rakers nearly as long as gill-lamina3, 

 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsals IX-X, I 27-30, continuous 

 or subcontinuous ; first spine extremely short, third longest, a little 

 more than ^ length of head ; longest soft rays hardly ^ length of head. 

 Anal II 7-8, originating under middle of second dorsal ; spines short. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal lanceolate. 50-60 scales 

 in longitudinal series. Silvery, olive or greenish on the back ; dark 

 streaks along the oblique series of scales on the back and sides ; 

 spinous dorsal greyish. 



Total length 350 millim. 



West Coast of Africa, from the Senegal to the Congo, entering 

 rivers. — 'i'ype in Paris Museum. 

 1. A.l. H. Bonny. J. Wood, Esq. (P.). 



