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SILUEID.^. 



1. Hot., type. Lower Congo. 



2. Yg. Coquilhatville, Upp. Congo. 



3. Hgr. Kutn, L. Leopold IL, Upp. Congo. 

 4-5. Ad. & yg. Monsemhe, Upp. Congo. 



G-7. Yg. Kondue, Kii:^ai. 



8. Skel. Albertville, L. Tanganyika. 



Capt. Tucker (C). 

 M. P. Delhez (C.). 



Kev. J. H. Weeks (C 

 M. Luja (C). 

 Capt. Heeq (C). 



14. CHRYSICHTHYS PUNCTATUS. 

 Boiileng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 107, pi. xlii. fig. 1 (18^(9), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 287 (1901). 



Depth of body 5 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3j 

 times. Head moderately depressed, Ih times as long as broad, rllgo^e 

 above ; occipital process narrow, iu contact with internenral shield ; 

 snout rounded, projecting very slightly beyond mtmth, about ^ length 

 of head; eye 4 times in length of head and 1| times in interocuiar 

 width ; width of mouth about ^ length of head ; prsemaxillary band of 



Fiff. 261. 





Chri/slchfhys 2^UHctatHS. 

 Type(A.'M. C). |. 



teeth feebly curved, 4 to 5 times as long as broad ; vomero-pterygoid 

 teeth forming a long and narrow band interrupted in the middle ; nasal 

 barbel a little shorter than eye ; maxillary barbel f to f length of head ; 

 outer mandibular barbel 1 J times as long as inner, and f to | length of 

 head. GilUrakers moderate, 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 



