CLARIAS. 



253 



almost in contact with caudal. Anal 55-67, almost in contact with 

 caudal. Pectoral J to f length of head, the spine serrated on both sides, 



Fig. 209. 



Clarias hythipogon. 

 Ogowe. 



§ to J the length of the fin. Ven- 

 trals much nearer end of snout than 

 caudal. Caudal J or nearly § length 

 of head. Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; anal fin with a dark 

 edge. 



Total length 230 millim. 



Old Calabar to Congo. — Type in Paris Museum. 



Old Calabar. 



Assobam, Bumba R., S. Cameroon. 

 Kondo-kondo, Ogowe. 

 Kinshassa, Stanley Pool. 



Monsenibe, Upp. Congo. 

 Lindi R., „ 



Miss Kingsley (C). 

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

 Miss Kingsley (C). 

 M. A. GresshofF (C.) ; 



Utrecht Mnseum (E.). 

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

 M. M. Storms (0.) ; 



Brussels Museum (P.). 



22. CLARIAS ALLUAUDI. 



Clarias micro pi dhahmis (non Pfeff.), Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1905, 



p. 176. 

 Clarias alluamU, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 437, Fish. Nile, 



p. 296, pi. iiii. fig. 2 (1907), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1083. 



Depth of body 5f to 6^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ 

 times. Head 1|^ to 1-| times as long as broad, smooth above ; occipital 

 process acutely pointed, longer than broad ; frontal fontauelle twice as 

 long as broad, about 4 times in length of head ; occipital fontanelle 

 small, extending on occipital process ; eye 2 or 2| times in length of 

 snout, 4 or 5 times in interorbital width ; width of mouth a little less 



