40S 



ME, G. A. BOULENGEE ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES 



mandibular barbels with short tubercular branches, outer not quite twice as long as 

 inner. Gill-opening not extending downwards beyond root of pectoral spine. 

 Occipito-nuchal shield rough like the occiput, merely convex, as long as broad, 

 posterior process rounded. Humeral process a little longer than broad, triangular, 

 o-ranulate, without keel, extending as far back as occipito-nuchal process. Dorsal I 7 ; 

 spine as long as head, slightly curved, striated, smooth in front (except towards the 

 end), serrated behind. Adipose dorsal 4 to 4^ times as long as deep, 1|- times as long 



Text-fig. 87. 





Synodontis macrostigma. j. 

 (From Cat. Afr. F.W. Fishes.) 



as its distance from rayed dorsal. Anal IV 8, rounded. Pectoral spine shorter than 

 dorsal, not reaching ventral, rather strongly serrated on outer border, very strongly on 

 inner. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Brown above, 

 lighter beneath ; back and sides with large round or oval blackish spots, fins M'ith 

 smaller spots. 



Total length 160 mm. 



A single specimen. 



Anabantid^. 

 13. Anabas MULTispiNis Peters. 



Dorsal XVII-XVIII 9 ; Anal VIII-IX 9 ; Lateral line 32-33. 

 This species was known from the Lower and Upper Zambesi and Lake Bangwelu. 



