308 



SILrETD.T.. 



of vomerine teeth. Nasal barbel -J- to J length of head, innxillavy If to 

 2 times, reachin*^- ventral or not quite so far, outer mandibular f to f, 

 inner mandibular ^ to f. Gill-rakers rather long, widely set, 11 to 14 

 on lov/er part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 9-10, last ray above vertical 

 of first ray of ventral; spine smooth, feeble, about -^ length of head. 

 Adipose dorsal 4 to 5^ times as long as deep, about twice as long as 

 rayed dorsal, from which it is separated by a space equal to f to f the 

 base of the latter. Anal 14 (10 rays branched). Pectoral f to | length 

 of liead, its spine moderately strong, smooth, or vwy sligiitly serrated 



Tier. 245. 



Bagrus orientaUs. 

 Type. I 



behind. Ventral a little nearer caudal thnn end of snout. Caudal 

 deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer tlian 

 deep. Brown or olive above, white beneath; black dots sometimes 

 scattered on the back and on the adipose and caudal fins. 



Total length 350 millim. 



Pangani River, East Africa, and Lake Nyassa. 



1-2. Ad., types. Fangiini K. Sir L. riayfair (C\). 



:5. Ad. L. Nyassa. Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



4. Hgr. "„ Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



.3. BAGRUS DOCMAC. 



Silurtts docmal\ Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 65 (1775). 



Siliints hajnd (non Forsk.), Sonnini, Trav. Egypt, p. 475, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1800). 



Points docmac, 1. Geoflr. Descr. Egypte, Poiss. p. 304, pi. xv. figs. 3 & 4 (1827). 



