1904.] TYPE SPECIMEN OF A WEST AFRICAN FISH. 201 



distance from the occipital process g length of head. Anal fin 70. 

 Dorsal and anal fins extending ahnost to the very root of the 

 caudal, the space separating them from the latter being less than 

 the diameter of the eye. Pectoi-al fin nearly | length of head, 

 the spine feebly serrated on the outer side and | the length of the 

 fin. Ventral fins once and | as far from the base of the caudal fin 

 as from the end of the snout. Caudal fin a little more than | 

 length of head. Uniform brown in spirit (bleached). 



Total length 194 railhm. 



Depth of "body 20 „ 



Length of head 35 ,, 



Widthofhead 26 „ 



Diameter of eye 3 ,, 



Interorbital width 17 ,, 



Width of mouth 15 ,, 



Nasal barbel 16 ,, 



Maxillaiy barbel 56 ,, 



Outer mandibular barbel 36 ,, 



Inner „ ,," 21 „ 



From end of snout to ventral fins 70 ,, 



From occiput to dorsal fin 17 ,, 



Pectoral fin 21 ,, 



Ventral fin 11 ,, 



Caudal fin 20 „ 



Description taken from three further specimens. 



Clarices Iceviceps Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 318, 

 pi. V. fig. 2. 



Clarias kingsleyce Giinther, P. Z. S, 1902, ii. p. 334. 



Depth of body 8| to 12 times in total length, length of head 

 5 to 5| times. Head once and \ to once and ~ as long as broad, 

 smooth ; occipital process pointed ; frontal fontanelle sole-shaped, 

 at least twice as long as broad ; occipital fontanelle smaller, in 

 advance of occipital pi'ocess ; eye very small, 3 to 4 times in 

 length of snout, 6 to 7 times in interorbital width, which equals 

 half length of head and a little exceeds width of mouth ; band 

 of prsemaxillary teeth 4 to 5 times as long as broad ; vomerine 

 teeth conical, forming a curved band which is as broad as or a 

 little narrower than the prsemaxillary band ; barbels moderately 

 thick, ^ to I length of head, maxillary once and | to once and k, 

 outer mandibular once, inner mandibular j. Gill-rakers few, 15 

 to 20 on first arch. Clavicles concealed under the skin. Dorsal 

 fin 79-87, its distance from the occipital pi'ocess ^ to | length of 

 head. Anal fin 68-78. Dorsal and anal fins extending almost to 

 the very root of the caudal. Pectoral fin -| length of head, the 

 spine feebly serrated on the outer side and f to | the length of 

 the fin. Ventral fin once and | as far fi-om the base of the caudal 

 as from the end of the snout. Caudal fin ? to g length of head. 

 Uniform dark brown above, light brown beneath, in spirit. 



Gold Coast. — The largest specimen measures 270 millim. 



