BATHTBATES,— ITAPLOTAXODON. 



44 :j 



IJ to If times as long as deep. Scales small and very irregular, 90- 



95 



9-10 _ 

 27-yu ' 



lateral lines 



63-71 



37Z39- Brown above, silvery on the sides and 



Fiji. 302. 



Bathyhates minor. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). f . 



below ; spinous dorsal black, white at the base ; a black streak along 

 the middle of the soft dorsal, which is white below the streak. 



Total length IGO millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Kituta. 



2. Type. Lofu. 

 3-G. Types. Usambura Market. 

 7-13. Yg. Mbete. 



14. Ad. Kilewa Bay. 



15. Skel. Albertville. 



Dr. W. A. Ciinnington (C. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (('.). 

 Dr. AV. A. Ciinnington (C.). 

 Dr. L. Stappers (C). 

 Capt. Hecq (0.). 



18. HAPLOTAXODON. 



Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 190G, p. 505. 



Body elongate, strongly compressed, covered with small ctenoid 

 scales ; two lateral lines, the upper complete. Mouth nearly vertical, 

 directed upwards, with a single series of small, equal, conical teeth. 

 Maxillary exposed at the end. Dorsal with 11 or IS spines, anal with 3. 

 Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. 

 Vertebne 38 (19 + 19). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



