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large, extending beyond the posterior border of the rostral, 
its posterior border very slightly notched in the middle. 
Seales hexagonal, much broader than long, subequal, 16 round 
the middle of the body. Tail very short, rounded at the end. 
Whitish, above with black longitudinal lines corresponding 
to the series of scales, beneath with longitudinal series of 
blackish dots. 
Total length 150 millim. ; tail 25. 
A single specimen from Zoutpansberg, Transvaal, presented 
by Mr. J. P. Cregoe. : 
This species is most nearly related to 7. awrantiacus, 
Peters, which differs principally in the absence of a fronto- 
parietal distinct from the interparietal, in the shorter sym- 
physial, in the broader dorsal scales, and in the number of 
scales round the body. 
XLII.— Descriptions of new Freshwater Fishes from Southern 
Cameroon. By G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 
In the first part of the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ’ 
for 1903 (p. 21) I gave an account of a collection of fishes 
made by Mr. G. L. Bates in Southern Cameroon, several of 
the species mentioned being described as new. Many more 
fishes have since been received from this most energetic and 
successful collector, and have been acquired by the Trustees 
of the British Museum. Among them are representatives of 
further new species, of which I here offer short descriptions. 
These fishes are either from the Kribi River, some 15 miles 
from the sea, or from the Ja River (Dscha on German maps), 
a tributary of the Sanga River, which flows into the Congo; 
this Ja River is about 250 miles (by the path) from the 
sea-coast. 
Alestes Batesiv. 
Depth of body 3? to 4 times in total length, length of head 
Ato 44 times. Head longer than deep, 13 to twice as long 
as broad ; snout rounded, as long as or longer than diameter 
of eye, which is 3 to 4 times in length of head; adipose 
eyelid indistinct ; interorbital width about half length of 
head; maxillary not extending to below anterior border of 
2 
eye; 16 teeth (3 or 6) in the upper jaw, 8 in the outer row of 
the lower jaw; length of lower border of second suborbital 
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