CLAEIAS. 



259 



on both sides, § or J the length of the fin. Ventrals much nearer 

 end of snout than caudal. Caudal nearly f length of head. Olive- 

 brown. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Sierra Leone, Liberia, S. Cameroon, Benito River. — Types in Leyden 

 Museum. 



Sierra Leone. 



Efulen, S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



1. Ad. 



2, 3. Ad. & hgr 

 4. Skel. 



5-6. Ad. 



Benito R. 



27. CLARIAS PACHYNEMA. 



•Boulong. Ann. & Mag. N. 11. (7) xii. 190;}, p. 438, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, 

 p. 1086, fig. 



rig. 215. 



Clarias pachynema. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1907). 



Depth of body 6 J to 7 times in total length, length of head 

 4| to 5 times. Head If to 1^ times as long as broad, 

 smooth or very feebly granulate ; occipital process acutely pointed ; 

 frontal fontanelle sole-shaped, about twice as long as broad; occipital 

 fontanelle smaller, in advance of occipital process ; eye very small, 3 to 4 

 times in length of snout, 6 times in interorbital width, which equals 

 about f length of head and exceeds width of mouth ; band of prge- 

 maxillary teeth 2| to 3 times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth conical, 

 forming a short curved band which, in the middle, is as broad as the 

 piffimaxillary band ; barbels thick and papillose at the base ; nasal 



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