332 SILUEID.E. 



pterygoid teeth forming two rather broad bands separated by a more or 

 less wide space in the middle ; nasal barbel 1 to 2 diameters of eye ; 

 maxillary b;irbel | length of head or nearly as long as head ; outer 

 maudil)ular barbel 1^ times length of inner, ^ or a little more than ^ 

 length of head. Gill-rakers moderate, 12-15 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. IJorsal I 0, ecjnally distant from end of snout and from root of 

 caudal ; s})ine h to .f length of head, feebly serrated in front and behind; 

 second and third soft lays longest, J to once length of head. Adipose 

 fin 2 to 3 times as long as deep, its base as long as oj: a little longer than 



Fis. 259. 



CJi r!/sichth>/s wafjeaaari. 

 Type (A. M. C). h 



that of the dorsal and equal to or a little less than its distance from the 

 latter. Anal 11-12, 7-9 rays branched. Pectoral spine nearly as long 

 as dorsal, feebly serrated on inner border in the adult, strongly in the 

 young. Caudal moderately or rather feebly notched in tlie adult, with 

 rounded lobes, the longest rays twice as long as the median in the young. 

 Caudal peduncle ^\ times as long as broad. Dark brown, lighter beneath. 



Total length 700 millim. 



Congo. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1-2. H;;r. Ui)l)er Congo. 13i'u.ssc'l.s Uui\cr.sity. 



?). Atl. ('ony,o. 



n. CllKYSICHTllVS (MJAXClllI. 

 I'lmi'lndn-i rnnichlJ. LcmcIi, in Tiickcy, E\|h"(1. K. Ziiirc, ]k lO'J (1S1,S) ; (iritiirh c't 



Smith, Anini. Kin^d. pi. xl. (l.'^iU). 

 Chn/sicli/hj/s rraiirliii, (Ji'uitli. Cut. Fisli. V. p. 72 (l.^lM): Scliihhiiis, Tij.lsclu-. 



Nt'dcrl. Dirrk. Vcr. (2) iii. ISDl, p. ,S-i ; Uoiileng. Tr. Zool. Soi-. xv. bSl)'.), 



p. '.):>. ana roi». B;.>s. (\»n,uo. p. 2.S2 (I'.M)!). 



Depth of l)()dy 1 to 5 tinu^s in total hMiglh, lengtli of ii(>ad 3 (o :'> i 



