268 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Apr. 15, 



on eacli side below the dorsal fin ; belly white ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins with round black spots. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Several specimens. 



Distinguished from the preceding species and from A. uhan- 

 gensis by the smaller eye ; from the former by the shorter, from 

 the latter by the longer maxillary barbel. 



31. Amphilius^ brevis, sp. n. (Plate XXIX. fig. 3.) 



Depth of body 6 to 6| times in total length, length of head 

 3| to 3| times. Head much depressed, a little longer than broad ; 

 snout broadly rounded, 5 the length of the head ; eye very small, 

 9 or 10 times in length of head, 2^ or 3 times in interocular 

 width ; maxillary barbel § or | length of head, scarcely longer 

 than the outer mandibular, inner mandibular about ^ leng-th of 

 head. Doi-sal I 6, equally distant from the end of the snout and 

 the root of the caudal ; adipose fin once and a half to twice as 

 long as the rayed dorsal, 1 ^ to 1 1 as long as its distance from the 

 latter. Pectoral longer than the ventral, | the length of the 

 head. Anal II 6. Caudal feebly emai-ginate. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. Bi'own above, dotted with black ; belly white ; 

 caudal peduncle blackish towards the base of the caudal ; fins 

 white, caudal with a large rhomboidal or cruciform black marking. 



Total length 48 millim. 



Two specimens. 



This sjDecies is most nearly related to A. platychir Gthr., which 

 differs, among other points, in having the dorsal fin nearer the 

 end of the snout than the caudal, and the caudal peduncle longer 

 than deep. 



32. Synodontis greshoffi Schilth. 



33. Synodontis pleurops Blgr. 



34. Synodontis decorus Blgr. 



35. EUCHILICHTHYS ROYAUXI Blgr. 



36. Phractura lindica, sp. n. (Plate XXVIII. figs. 3, 3 a, 3 6.) 



Depth of body 7| to 8 times in total length, length of head 

 5 to 5| times. Head I5 to 1|- as long as broad, nearly smooth 

 above, covered with papillose skin ; snout half length of head, 

 obtusely pointed, projecting but slightly beyond the mouth ; space 

 between the two nostrils at equal distance from the end of the 

 snout and from the eye, or a little nearer the latter ; eye supero- 

 latei'al, its diameter 6 to 7 times in length of head, twice in inter- 

 ocular width ; barbels thick and papillose, annulate, maxillary 

 \ length of head, outer mandibular 5, inner mandibular \ ; occi- 

 pital process narrow, 4 times as long as broad, narrowly separated 



1 Amjohilhts Gtlir. 1864, = Anoplopterus Pfeff, 



