SYNODONTIS. 



465 



serrated on both sides, not reaching ventral. Latter obtusely pointed, 

 not quite reaching anal. Caudal very deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. Olive above, whitish beneath ; a large round black 

 spot on each side above the lateral line and the base of the vential fin, 

 sometimes followed by a second above the base of the anal. 



Total length 185 millim. 



Congo. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. Ad. Matadi, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



2. Hgr. Sankun R., Kasai. M. E. Luja (C.) ; 



Luxemburg Museum (P.)- 



3. Yg. Dolo, Stanley Pool. M. P. Delliez ((?.). 

 1. Ad. Upper Congo. Brussels University. 



51. SYNODONTIS SOREX. 

 Giintb. Cat. Fish. v. p. 211 (18G4), and Petherick\s Trav. ii. p. 233, pi. i. fig. B 

 (1869) ; Vaill. N. Arch. Mus. (3) viii. 1896, p. 107 ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. 

 Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1140 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 375, pi. Ixxii. (1907). 



Depth of body 3 to 4J times in total length, length of head 3 to oh 



Fig. 349. 



Si/nodontis sorex. 

 Mouth of L. No (F. N.). ^ 



times. Head 1| to If times as long as broad, more or less rugose, 

 finely granulate above from between the eyes, the granulate area some- 

 times extending on the snout; snout pointed, Ih to 2 times as long as 



