250 



SILUEID.?:. 



vomerine teeth granular, forming a curved band which is as broad 

 as the praemaxillary band ; nasal barbel f to f length of head, maxillary 

 IJ to IJ times, outer mandibular once, inner mandibular f to §. Gill- 

 rakers very few, 12 on anterior arch. Clavicles concealed under the 

 skin. Dorsal 80, its distance from occipital process f to f length of 

 head, its distance from caudal equal to diameter of eye. Anal 70-73, 



Fig. 207. 



Clanas lonr/ior. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1907). 



nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral f to § length of head, the spine 

 smooth and about f the length of the fin. Ventral If to If times as 

 distant from base of caudal and from end of snout. Caudal | length of 

 head. Dark brown above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 225 millim. 



South Cameroon. 



1. Type. Kribi R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



2. Type. Lobi R. „ 



20. CLARTAS ANGOLENSIS. 



Steind. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvi. 18G6, p. 7G6, pi. xiii. figs. 4 & 7 ; Bouleng. 



Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 259 (1901), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1082. 

 Clanas (jahonensis, Giintb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. Ill, and (6) xvii. 



1896, p. 274. 

 Clarias doUoi, Bouleno;. Ann. ik Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 311. 



Depth of body G to 7 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4g^ 

 times. Head IJ times as long as broad, smooth or finely striated and 



