374 



SILUEID.E. 



prsemaxillary teeth in a small reniform group. Maxillary barbel 2^ to | 

 length of head, inner mandibular ^ to |-, outer mandibular as long as 

 head or a little shorter, reaching base, of pectoral fin. Gill-rakers rather 

 long and widely set, 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Humeral 

 process narrow, pointed, smooth or striated. Dorsal I 7 ; spine mode- 

 rately strong, smooth or with very feeble retrorse serrse on anterior side 

 of distal third, ^ to f length of bead ; longest rays shorter than head. 

 Adipose dorsal 4 to 6 times as long as deep, as long as or much longer 

 than its distance from rayed dorsal, not extending to root of caudal. 

 Anal 11-12 (7-8 rays branched). Pectoral not reaching ventral; spine 

 strong, strongly serrated on inner side. Ventral not reaching anal. 



Fie. 2S9. 



Audi en or/la n!s bulla >/{. 

 Young, type of A. inikJier (P. Z. S. 1902). 



Caudal rounded. Brown or olive, with round blackish spots, white 

 beneath ; the spots forming regular transverse series in the young ; an 

 elongate blackish blotch may be present on each side above the pectoral ; 

 dorsal and caudal fins with small round blackish spots. 



'J'otal length 350 millim. 



Cameroon, Gaboon, Congo. — Type in Paris Museum. 



1, 2-5. A.l. k yg. 

 ('), 7. Skels. 



8. Yg. 



9. Hor. 

 10-11. Yg. 



12. A a. 



i;5. Yg. 



14. Y-. 



] 5-1 It. Yg.. typp« 

 of A. pi/lc/ier. 



Kribi R., S. Cameroon. 



?? 

 Zima Country, S. Cameroon. 

 Nyong R., 

 Ja R. at Bitye, 

 Ja R. at Esamesa, „ 

 Ngomo, Ogowe. 



Abanri;;) R.,, Ogowe. 

 Lindi R., Upper Cono;o. 



G. L. Bates, E.sq. {().). 



Rev. E. Hang (C.) ; 



Paris Museum (E.). 

 Dr. ^X. J. Ansorge {C). 

 M. M. Storms (C); 



Brussels Museum (P.). 



