SYNODONTIS. 



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extending as far back, or not quite so far back, as occipito-niiclial process. 

 Short villosities on sides of body. Dorsal I 7 ; spine as long as or 

 slightly shorter than head, feebly curved, front edge sharp or granular, 

 rather strongly serrated behind. Adipose dorsal 4 to 5 times as long as 

 deep, 2 to 2^ times as long as its distance from rajed dorsal. Anal 

 IV 7, obtusely pointed in front. Pectoral spine as long as head, nearly 

 reaching ventral, strongly serrated on both sides. Ventral not reaching 

 anal. Caudal deeply forked, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. Grey or dark brow^n above, pale brown or whitish 

 beneath, everywhere closely dotted with black. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Lakes Tanganyika, Bangwelu, and Mweru ; Upper Zambesi. 



1. Type. Lofii, L. Tanganyika. Dr. W. A. Cnnnington ((*.). 



2. Ad L. Bangvveln. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



3. Ad. L. Mweru. Sir A. Sharpe (P.). 



4 Ad. Maraniba P., Upper Zambesi. T. (Jodrington, Esq. (P.). 



15. SYNODONTIS MULTIMACULATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 43, pi. xii. iig. 1 (1902). 



Depth of body 5^ times in total length, length of head 4 times. 



Fig. 315. 





Sijnodontis vmUiinaculatus. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



Head 1^ times as long as broad, rugose from between the eyes ; snout 

 rounded, as long as postocular part of head ; eye supero-lateral, 4 times 

 in length of head, IJ times in interorbital width ; lips moderately 



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