336 SILUEIDJE. 



List of specimens examined :— 



1 Lower Nile. — Riippell, 1833. (Type of C. macrops.) 



2 Near Damietta, in a freshwater trench. — Loat, 2.6.99. 



7 Near Ghet-el-Nassara, L. Menzaleh, in a freshwater pool. — Loat, 11.6.99. 



33 Nile near Samannud.— Loat, 12-22.7.99. 



2 Damietta branch of Nile, npstream side of barrage. — Loat, 4.8.99. 



3 Nile at Cairo.— Loat, 7-27.6.00. 



5 Nile near Cairo.— Capt. Flower, 9.8.04. 

 10 Beni Souef.— Loat, 13-31.8.99. 



3 Lahun, Bahr Yusuf, Fayum.— Loat, 5.10.99. 



2 Bahr Selah, Fayum.— Loat, 6.10.99. 



9 At a regulator near Luxor. — Loat, 6.10-12.11.00. 



1 Between Luxor and Assuan. — Loat, 9-10.00. 



3 Wady Haifa.— Loat, 23-24.2.00. 



2 Kosheh, Nubia, in pond left by receding Nile. — Loat, 14.3.00. 



6 Khartum. — Petherick, 1861. (Types of C. macrops.) 

 1 Nur~ed-Dain, White Nile.— Loat, 6.1.01. 



1 Between Khartum and the Sobat. — Zaphiro, 1904. 

 5 Gondokoro.— Loat, 20.1-3.3.02. 

 1 Lake Chad.— Capt. Gosling, 1905. 



Mr. Loat has observed that this fish, when first taken out of the water, makes a 

 creaking noise with its pectoral fins, but not nearly so loud as in Synodontis schall. 



According to Geoffroy the name of the fish is " Schal Abou Seal " in Lower Egypt, 

 " Zamar " in Upper Egypt, " Xawung-roumi " at Eosetta. Native names according 

 to Mr. Loat:—" Shal aboo riyala" (di> tJ ^1 J Li), at Cairo, Beni-Souef ; " shal skamie" 

 (jjJwJ. J U), near Lake Menzaleh, Samannud ; " aboo riyala " (aJbj ^1), sometimes referred 

 to by this name without putting the word "shal" in front; " gorgar shamie" 

 (<u*,l£ Jj*) t at Girga, Nag 'Hamadeh ; " harbour " ( jy>S)> in the Fayum ; " sedemaslow " 

 (^o us^^), at Wady Haifa ; " bd mesa'kar " (jL^ io), at Kosheh. 



