EXGRAULICTPJilS. 211 



10-11, longest ray about f length of head. Pectoral obtusely pointed, 

 I length of head, widely separated from ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal 

 peduncle 2^ to 3 times as long as deep. Scales 48-52 if, 1 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, steel-blue 

 on the back ; fins white. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Lake N}assa and Upper Shire. 



1. Type. Upper Shiiv. Dr. Livinostone (0.) ; 



Earl Russoll (P.). 

 2-;». Typos of E. jniKjtth. L. Nyassa. J. A. Williams, Esq. {(\). 



4-i;5. Ad. & hgr. „ Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



2. ENGHAULICYPRIS BREVIANALIS. 

 Keohola hrrvianalis, Bouleiig. Ann. Natal Mus. i. 1908, p. 231, fig. 



Depth of body about 4J times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout obtuse, not projecting 

 beyond mouth, shorter than eye, which is 3 or 3^ times in length of 

 head and equals interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior 

 third of eye; suborbital bones covering greater part of cheek. Gill- 

 rakers moderately long, about 15 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal II 7, its origin slightly in advance of that of anal ; its distance 

 from end of snout 2^ times its distance from caudal ; first branched ray 

 longest, about f length of head. Anal II 12-13. Pectoral acutely 



Eitr. 185. 



) ^ ^^ 4 







') '-> j.\f Mte!' 



EiKjra idici/2>ris hrevianalis. 

 Tvpe (Ann. Natal Mus.). x 2. 



pointed, as long as head, reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deeji. Scales 50-52 g/, 1 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, witli a 

 silvery lateral band ; fins white. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Zululand, Transvaal. 



1. Tyi>o. Mkn/.i R., Zululaiul. Dr. E. Warron (P.). 



2-4. Ad. it ligr. Devaars R., Transvaal. Dr. J. D. F. GilcLrist (P.;. 



39 Bou I/ll 



