SYNODOlSTiS. 



451 



yir. 338. 



broad, with obtuse posterior processeSi Humeral process with granalar 

 and vermicular rugosities, obtusely pointed, not extending so far back 



as occipito-nuchal process. Dor- 

 sal 17; spine f length of head, 

 curved, striated, smooth in front, 

 feebly serrated behind. Adipose 

 dorsal low, its base f its distance 

 from rayed dorsal. Anal IV S. 

 Pectoral spine as long as dorsal, 

 scarcely serrated on outer border, 

 rather feebly on inner. Caudal 



Sifno'loHtis vaiUmiti. 

 Type, after Vaillant (/. c). I. 



deeply notched. Brownish, with darker roundish spots. 

 Total length 580 millim. 

 Upper Ubanghi. — Type (stuffed) in Paris Museum. 



41. SYNODONTIS XIPHIAS. 

 Giintli. Cat. Fish. V. p. 215 (1804), and Study Fish. p. 573, fig. (1880); Vaill. N. 

 Arch. Mils. (3) viii. 1896, p. 117. 

 Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head nearly twice as long as broad, rugose, granulate above from 

 between the eyes ; snout 2 J times as long as postocular part of head, 

 terminating in an acutely pointed appendage; eye supero-lateral, 

 10 times in length of head, 2J times in interorbital width ; lips 

 moderately developed ; pra^maxillary teeth forming a short and broad 

 band ; movable mandibular teeth minute, 8 in number. Maxillary 



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