CLARIAS. 



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blackish above, uniform or marbled with lighter, white or greyish 

 beneath ; vertical fins dark, often with a yellowish edge ; usually a more 

 or less distinct dark band on each side of the lower surface of the head ; 

 young specimens often with a dark bar, edged with yellowish in front 

 and behind, across the caudal fin ; black spots sometimes present on 

 the caudal fin. 



Total length 1170 minim. 



Syria, Nile, Senegal to Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1 . Type of 



C. orontis. 

 2-4,5. Ad.&hgr. 

 G-7. Yg. 



8-9. Ad. & ligr. 



10-13. Ad. 



14. Skel. 



ln-17. Hgr. & yg. 



18. Skel. 



li). Hgr. 



20-2.5. Ad.&ligr. 



20. Skel. 



27. Ad. 



28. Ad. 



29-32. Hgr. 



33-35. Yg. 



30. Hgr. 



37-38. Hgr. & yg. 



39-41. Hgr. & yg. 



42-44. Yg. 



45-54. Yg. 



55-59. Hgr. & vg. 



00-01. AJ. 



02, 03-04. Types of 



C macracanthus. 

 05, 00-08. Hgr. & 



yg. 

 09-70. Hgr. 

 71. Hgr. 

 72-74. Yg. 

 75. Ad. 



Orontes. 



L. of Galilee. 



Near Ghet-el-Nassara, 



L. Menzaleh. 

 Bab r- el-Taw ilali, near 



L. Menzaleb. 

 Near Damietta. 



Nile near Cairo. 



?> 55 5? 



Giza, near Cairo. 

 Beni Souef, Fay inn. 



Birkct Karun, „ 



Bahr Selah, Fayinn. 



Balir Taniiyeh, Fayuni. 



Between Abu Tig and Assiiit. 



Assiut. 



Nile at Luxor. 



Near Luxor. 



Between Luxor and Assuan. 



Assuan. 



Id. of Arko, Nubia. 



Kbartum. 



Karkoj, Blue Nile. 

 Fasboda, Wbite Nile. 

 Gbarb-el-Ai^b, „ 

 Babr Zeraf. 



Alex. Russell, Esq. (C. 



Canon Tristram {().). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Dr. lUippell (C). 

 Capt. S. Flower (P.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Dr. W. A. Cunning-ton and 

 C. L. Boulenger, Esq. (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



J. Petberick, Esq. (C). 



L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 

 JJ 



Capt. S. Flower (P.). 



