XOTOGLANIDIUM. 



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24. NOTOGLANIDIUM. 



Gilntli. Proc. Zool. Soc. l'J02, ii. p. ;3;}G. 



Body moderately elongate, feebly compressed. ])orsul and anal fins 

 rather long, the former composed of a spine and 14 or 15 branched rays, 

 and followed by a very long adipose fin which extends to the caudal. 

 Ventral fin with 6 rays, inserted below the posterior part of the dorsal. 

 Three pairs of barbels: maxillary and two mandibulars. Nostrils widely 

 separated from each other, the anterior tubular and on the ui>per lip, 

 the posterior slit-like. Eye superior, without free border. Pnr- 

 maxillaries small ; maxillaries rather lonf,% hidden in the much developed, 

 ])apillose lip ; jaws with villiform teeth ; palate toothless. Gill- 

 membranes feebly notched, narrowly attached to isthmus. 



Gold Coast. 



1. NOTOGLANIDIUM AVALKKKl. 

 Giinth. t. c. p. ;')37, pi. xxxii. 



Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head oh times. 



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ri<;. 292. 





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SoUxjlankVnrm valkeri. 

 Type, after Giinthpr (P. Z. S. li)02). i- 



Head rather strongly depressed, 1| times as long as liroad, smooth 

 above; snout obtusely pointed, a litllc shorter than posLoculav part ol 



