STNODONTIS. 



4G3 



dorsal small, 3 to 4 times as long as deep, about J as long as its distance 

 from rayed dorsal. Anal IV 7-8, rounded. Pectoral spine as long as 



Fig. 347. 



iSi/)iod(j)>fis notdtus. 

 Tv])e, after Vaillant (l. c). 



head, strongly serrated on both sides, 

 not reaching ventral. Latter rounded, 

 reaching or nearly reaching anal. 

 Caudal deeply forked, upper lobe a 

 little produced. Caudal peduncle 

 longer than deep. Greyish above, 

 whit6 beneath ; a large round black 

 spot on each side above the lateral 

 line and the base of the ventral fin, 

 sometimes preceded and followed by 

 a few others. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. A(]. 



2-4. llo-r. ,<,■ va. 



TThiinohi. 



Monsciiilje, Ujjper Conoo. 



Capt. G. B. Gosling (P.). 

 1\q\. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



'A). SVXODOXTTS XUMMIFEK. 



Bouleng. Adii. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 47, pi. xxiv. (lb'.>*J), ;;nd Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 324 (I'JOl). 



Depth of body 3 J to 3.^ times in total length, length of head 3 J to 3f 

 times. Head 1-^ to 2 times as long as broad, deeper than broad, finely 

 granulate above from between tne eyes ; snout obtusely pointed, longer 



