EUCHILTCHTHTS. 



times in interociibir Avidtli ; base ol: adipose 

 lin § to |- its distance from dorsal .... 

 Def)tli o£ boiiy 4^ times in total length ; eye 5 

 to 5^ times in length of head, 2 times in 

 interocular width ; base of adipose fin nearly 

 equal to its distance from dorsal . . . . 



487 



2. Ji. royan.vi, Blgr., p. 4:b8. 



3. E. Jyhowskli, Vail]., p. 489. 



1. EUCHTLTCIITHYS GUENTHERI. 



Atopocldlus guentlwri, Schilth. Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. ^^h 



pi. vi. fig. 2. 

 Euchilichthys guentheri, Ann. & IMag. N. H. (7) vi. 1900, p. 523, and Poiss. Bass. 



Congo, p. 331 (1901). 



Depth of body | its greatest width, 7 times in total length. Head 

 large, much depressed, covered with soft skin, a little longer than 

 broad, its length 3^ times in total length; snont broadly rounded, 

 nearly twice as long as postocular part of head ; nostrils nearer end of 



Fi-. 3G4. 



Eutliirnltthiis ipwntln'rl. 

 Type. h. 



snout than eye, tlie diameter of which is 10 times in length of head, 

 5 times in interocular width ; buccal cleft straight, nearly half length 

 of head ; mandibular teetli notched ; lateral barbel J length of head, 

 ]iostcrior barbels about half diameter of eye. Dorsal I 6, originating 

 immediately behind pectorals ; spine strong, covered with skin, measuring 

 J length of head. Adipose fin \ its distance from rayed dorsal. 

 Anal 10 (3 rays rudimentai y). Tectoi-al sjjiiie \ lengtli of head, its 



