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Depth of body 2^ to 3 times in total length, length of head o to 3.^ 

 times. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad; snout with straiglit 

 upper profile, as long as broad, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 

 3j to 3J tin)es in length of head, equal to or a little greater than inter- 

 orbital width, and greater than piieorbital depth; mouth rather small, 

 J to f width of head, extending to below nostril or to between nostril 

 and eye; teeth rather small, in 3 or 4 series, 30 to 40 in outer series of 

 upper jaw; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less 

 than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 12 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XV-XVIII 11-12 ; spines increasing in lengrh 

 to the last, which is a little less than J length of head ; longest soft rays 

 I length of head. Anal III 8-10 ; third spine a little shorter than last 



Fisr. 1G6. 



Tihqu'u pJeurotiBiiia. 

 Type(Tr. Z. S. 1901). 



dorsal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching vent or a little beyond. Caulal with rather deep 

 notch ; rays free from scales. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. 

 Scales cycloid or very finely denticulate, 32-35 'fl\\; lateral lines ^. 

 Brownish above, whitish beneath ; a blackish lateml band along tHe 

 body, from the operculum to the root of the caudal; fins greyish^ soft 

 dorsal and caudal with small round white spots. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Take Tanganyika and Kusisi River. 

 1-tu Typos. N. o„d of L. Tanganvikn. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C ) 



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