498 



SILUKID^. 



reaching ventral; latter just reaching origin of anal. Caudal peduncle 

 f total length. Yellowish brown above, whitish beneath ; ill-defined 

 dark bars across the back; a dark streak from the end of the snout to 

 the eye; two dark transverse bars on the dorsal, anal, pectoral, and 

 ventral fins. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Benguella. 



Fig. 371. 



Dniivieo amjoJfnsis. 

 Typo. 



]. Type. Tntn-ior (.rilonouell;!, 4()()0-r)0()(» ft. Dr. F. (". Wellni.in (P. 



:i'). PHRACTURA. 



I'eUura (non M.-Edvv.), Peruuia, Ann. Miis. Geiiova, (2) x. IS'.I^, p. 972. 

 /'Iiracfura, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. \'M)0, p. .327, and Poi^s. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 33;^ (1001). 



Body elongate, depressed, with extremely slender caudal peduncle ; 

 a series of imbricate scutes * along each side of the back and belly from 

 the dorsal and ventral fins to the caudal peduncle, which maybe entirely 

 surrounded by these scutes. Two short dorsal fins, tlie anterior entirely 

 in advance of the ventrals and formed of one simple, flexible, and C or 7 

 branched rays, the second opposed to the anal and adipose, with fine 

 soft rays ; pectoral and ventral fins large, horizontally expanded, witliout 

 spine, but with thickened, simple outer ray as in JJouinea ; G ventral 

 ravs. jSo occipito-nuchal shield. Mouth small, inferior, surrounded 

 with large papillose lips ; no mandibular teeth :, small conical prae- 

 maxillary leeth ; a maxillary and two mandibular barbels on each side; 

 nostrils rather remote from each other, both with a valve ; eye small. 



Expansions of proi'ess(?s of I lie vcrteltra', 



