182 LÖNNBERG, NOTES ON FISKES COLLECTED IN THE CAMEROONS. 



The coloratioi) of the five specimens from the Cameroons is 

 aboiit the same, brownish above, lighter below, covered all över 

 with liglit spöts which are a little larger than the eye. Dorsal 

 and caudal fins with brown spöts, anal plain. 



ScHiLTHUis and Sauvage have reported this fish from the 

 Congo. 



Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther. 

 , One speciraen Avith number of scales in the lateral line 66 + 4. 



This species is recorded from Liberia by Steindachner from 

 the Congo by Schilthuis and from the Cameroons and the upper 

 Nile-region by Günther and thus seems to be largely distributed 

 över the African continent. 



Hemichromis fasciaüis PETERS. 



Two specimens. 



This species is also known from Liberia, Togoland, Gaboon 

 and otlier parts of tropical West Africa. 



Clarias camemnensis n. sp. 



Two young individuals of a species of Clarias ressemble to 

 a certain degree Clarias gabonensis Günther, but are on the 

 other hand in some respects so different from that species that 

 I dåre not refer them to it. 



The length of the head is contained in the length of the 

 body only about four times and a half, or a third. The head is 

 very much depressed and flattened, so that its length is not 

 much greater than its width över the opercles. The interorbital 

 space hoAvever is contained nearly twice in the length of the 

 head, as the small eyes are situated on the upper surface of the 

 head. The head is smooth above. Processus occipitalis rather 

 pointed, about 25 — 30°. The nasal barbel nearly reaching the 

 end of the pectoral spine. The raaxillary barbel in one specimen 

 reaching the root of the ventrals, in the other it is still longer. 

 The outer mandibulary barbel reaching the tip of the pectoral 

 fin or a little beyond the same, the inner extending to the root 

 of the pectoral. The band of vomerine teeth is not produced 

 into a posterior process, but in one specimen there are a few 



