HAPLOCHfLUS. 45 



mouth directed iipwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye nearly 3 times in 

 length of head, IJ times in interorbital width, as long as or a little 

 shorter than postovbital part of head; prajorbital hardly J diameter of 

 eye. Dorsal 10, originating twice as far from anterior border of eye as 

 from root of caudal, above anterior third of anal, median rays longest, 

 about I length of head. Anal 14-15, rounded like the dorsal. Pectoral 

 I length of head, reaching a little beyond base of ventral ; latter nearer 



Fig. 31. 



Haplocliihis myapostf. 

 Type (Ann. Natal Mus. 1908). 



end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long as head. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 27-28 scales in longitudinal 

 series, 16 round body in front of ventrals ; no lateral-line pits. Pale 

 olive, with darker edges to the scales ; fins greyish. 



Total length 28 millim. 



Zululand. — Types in Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. 

 1-2. Two o£ the types. Myaposa E. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



3. HAPLOCHILUS PIJMILUS. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc, xvii. 1906, p. 554, pi. xxxii. fig. 4, and Fish. Nile, p. 420, 

 pl.^xxxii. fig. 4 (1907). 

 Depth of body 3f to 4J times in total length, length of head 3| to 

 4 times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, shorter than eye; 



Fig. 32. 



Haplochilus pwnilus. 

 Type(F.N.). f. 



mouth directed upwards, lower jaw strongly projecting ; eye nearly 

 3 times in length of head, IJ to 1§ times in interorbital width, f to f 

 postorbital part of head; pra;orbital hardly ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 

 10-11 orio-inating twice as far from snout or eye as from root of caudal, 



