48 CTPEINODONTID^E. 



or anterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above middle of anal ; 

 longest rays a little shorter than head in male, about | length of head 

 in female. Anal 14-15. Pectoral f to f length of head, reaching base 

 of ventrals in male, not in female ; ventral small, a little nearer end of 

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

 in female, a little longer in male. Caudal peduncle ]f to 2 times as 



rig. 34. 



Ilajplocldlus cameronensis. 

 d ? , types. 



long as deep. 30-34 scales in longitudinal series, 20-22 round body in 

 front of ventrals ; lateral line represented by a more or less distinct series 

 of shallow pits. Yellowish or olive-brown, with carmine spots, which 

 are more profusely distributed in males, in which they often form two 

 longitudinal bands, one close to the lower outline, from below the 

 pectoral to the root of the caudal, the other on the upper border of 

 the caudal peduncle ; fins grey, more or less spotted with carmine ; in 

 males, anal edged with black and white and lower border of caudal 

 white. 



Total length 55 millim. 



South Cameroon, Fernando Po, Gaboon, Lower Congo. 



1-2, 3-8. Types. Krilii K., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



9-1."). Ad. & ligr. „ 



lG-:55. „ „ Nyoiig R., 



3G. Type. Ja R., „ 



37-38. Ad. Fernando Po. Mr. E. Scimnnd ((!.). 



39-10, 4.1-42. Ad. Ca|e Lopez, Gaboon. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



43-44. Ad. Kwikenga, Manyanga, Congo. Congo Museum (P.). 



7. HAPLOCHILUS LIBERIENSIS. 

 Boulcng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 30. 



Depth of body 5| to 6 times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Head flat above ; snout broad, rounded, a little shorter than eye ; mouth 

 directed upwards, lower jaw projecting a little ; eye 3^ times in lens^th 

 of head, 1| to If times in interorbital width ; pra?orbital J to ^ diameter 



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