HAPLOCHILUS. 



Gl 



border of eye and from root of caudal, above middle of anal, acutely 

 [)ointed behind, longest ray f length of head (males). Anal 13, pointed 

 like the dorsal. Pectoral | to | length of head, reaching base of ventral ; 

 latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. 

 Caudal rounded, with one of the upper rays produced into a short 

 filament in the male. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 

 30-31 scales in longitudinal series, 20-22 round body in front of 

 ventrals ; lateral-line pits very indistinct or absent. Pale olive above, 

 yellowish, white beneath ; carmine spots forming 3 or 4 reaular lon"i- 

 tudinal series on each side, separated by olive streaks or confluent into 



riff. 40. 



ITaploclulus siridtus. 

 c? , type. A. 



as many longitudinal bands ; fins greyish, dorsal and anal edged with 

 carmine and with a carmine median streak in the male ; caudal spotted 

 with carmine and with a carmine and white streak above and below. 

 Total length 40 millim. 



Ogowe and Portuguese Congo 



1-4. Types. 

 5. Ad. 



Abimga K,. Ogowe, between 1st 



and 2nd lapids. 

 Lundo, Lnali !{., Portuguese 



C'oneo. 



Dr. W.J.Ansoroe(C.). 



22. HAPT.OCHILUS SPILAUdHEN. 

 Pcecilia spilauchena, A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 258, pi. xxii. fig. G. 

 ApochellicJdhys typvs, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Hnarleni, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 116, 



pi. xxiv. frg. 1. 

 P(£cilia hensonii, Pfeters, Moii. Berl. Ac. 18G4, p. 395. 

 Ilaphchilus spilauchen, Cliintli. Cat. Fiwli. vi. p. 312 (1864) ; Steind. t^itzb. Ak. 



Wien, Ixi. i. 1870, p. 558, and Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 75 ; Bonleng. 



Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 345 (1901) ; Pellcgr. Bulk Mus. Paris, x. 1904, p. 223 ; 



Gerlacb, Bl. Aq. Terr. 1911, p. 722, fig. 

 Ildplocldlicldhys spilauc/ten, part., Garn). Mem. Mus. Comp. Zook xix. 1895, 



p. 157. 



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

 times. Head fiat above; snout broad^ rounded, as long as or a little 

 shorter than eye ; mouth terminal, jaws equal in front or upper slightly 



