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CYPKINID.E. 



3. ENGRAULICYPRIS ARGENTEUS. 



Neobola ar{fentea, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1904, p. 184, and Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. Franco, xvii. 1905, p. 178, fig. ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 268, pi. xlvi. 

 fig. 5 (1907). 



Depth of body 4J to 4j times in total length, length of head 3f to 4J 

 tirnes. Head about twice as long as broad; snout acutely pointed, not 

 projecting beyond mouth, slightly shorter than diameter of eye, which 

 is nearly 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; suborbitals covering greater 

 part of cheek. Gill-iakers moderately long, 16 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal II 7, its origin corresponding to or slightly in advance of 



riir. ISO. 



Eiiijr(ud'uiipris anjenteiis. 

 Typo (F. N.). 



tliat of the anal, nearly twice as far from end of snout as from base of 

 caudal; first branched ray longest, about f length of head. Anal II 

 I'j-lC). Pectoral acutely pointed, a little shorter than head, not ex- 

 tending to ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as 

 long as deep. Scales 48-52 -%r', 1 between lateral line and ventral, 

 10 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish brown above, silvery on the sides; 

 caudal fin blight yellow, the other fins white or greyish. 



Total length 60 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Paris Museum. 

 12. Tv[ies. Kavirondo Bay. 



a. Ad. 

 4. Ad. 



5-10. Ad. 

 11. Ad. 



Kisumu Bay, Kavirondo. 



Bunjako. 



Biigala, Sesse Ids. 



M. Alluaud (C.) ; 

 Paris Museum (E.). 



A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 

 Mr. E. Degen (C). 

 Dr. E. Bayon (C.) ; 

 (jienoa Museum (P.). 



