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SILURID.E. 



Pectoral ^ length of 



Fig. 200. 



Anal 56-62, narrowly separated from caudal. 



head, the spine smooth and -f- the length of the fin. Ventral a little 



nearer end of snout than root of caudal. 



Caudal J length of head. Dark brown 



above, brownish white beneath ; anal 



with a light edge ; caudal with dark 



bars. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Upper Congo, South Cameroon. 



1. Typo. 

 2-3. ITgr. 



Clarias platycepludus. 

 Type (A. M. C). ^ 



Moiisembe, Upper Congo. 

 Kribi R., S. Cameroon. 



Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



12. CLARIAS JAENSIS, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 6 to 6 J times in total length, length of head 3 J to 4 times, 

 p. 201 Head 1^^ to If times as long as broad, 



smooth or very feebly granulate above ; 

 occipital process obtusely pointed ; frontal 

 fontanelle sole-shaped, 3- to ^ length of 

 head ; occipital fontanelle small, in advance 

 of occipital process ; eye very small, 3 to 



Clarias jaensis. 

 Type. 1. 



4 A limes in leni^th of snout, 6 to 8 times in interorbital width, 



