CHILOCHEOMIS. 



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1. CHILOCHROMLS DUPONTI. 



Boiilcnn;. ].i\ jil. xxiv, ; Pclloor. I.e.; Boulcng. Ann. Mas. Conno, Zool. ii. 3, 

 ]9]-J, [,. 2(;. 



Depth of body 2^ times in total leiif^tli, length of head 3^ times. 

 Head not qnite twice as long as broad. Snout rounded, a little broader 

 than hmg, with arched upper profile, longer than eye, which is 3^ to 

 4 times in length of head, 1^ to If times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 extending to below nostril ; upper lip very broad ; teeth very numerous, 

 those of upper jaw in 8 or 9 series, of lower jaw forming two spoon- 

 shaped groups ; inner teeth smaller than outer ; 3 or 4 series of scales 

 on tl:e cheek. Gill-rakers short, 15 or 16 on loAver part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the 

 last, which is f length of head ; longest soft rays a little longer or a 



Fig. 3J1. 



Chilochroniis (htpontl. 

 Type (P.Z.S. 1902). ^. 



little shorter tlum head. Anal III 8 ; third spine a little shorter than 

 last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not 

 extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral not reaching vent. 

 C/aiidal truncate or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as 



'IX :}i . II- 21 -'2'1 



deep. Scales 30-33 ''j,,'"; lateral lines i^^_i3. Uniform olive-brown 

 above, yellowish beneath ; fins greyish cr brown. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Lukula and Ltuili Rivers, Chiloango. — Type in Pjiussels Museum. 



]. Ad. JiUuli l\. at Piioo Zan, Purtn;:uose Dr. \\. A. Ansorgo (('.), 



< onL;''. 



