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CTPEINODONTID^. 



longest ray about f length of head. Anal 14-1-3. Pectoral about f 

 length of head, extending to base of ventral ; latter small, nearly equally 

 distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal rounded, 

 a little longer than head. Caudal peduncle 1^ to H times as long as 



Fig. 49. 



TlaphcMlits loaii. 

 Type(F.N.). f 



deep. 24-2-j scales in longitudinal series, 14 round body in front of 

 vcntrals ; no lateral-line pits. Yellowish olive above, tlie scales edged 

 with darker, whitish beneath; usually a fine blackish lateral line; fms 

 white, without markings. 



Total length 25 millim. 



White Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel. 



1-40. Types. Lnko; No. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



41-44. Ad. „ „ H. H. King, Esq. (P.). 



4'). Ad. Fashoda. L. Loat, Ekj, (C). 



4<J. Ad. G-ondolvOi'o. ,, 



2:>. HAPL0(;HILU8 KINGII. 

 Bouleiig. Ann. i Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1013, p. 560. 



Depth of body S^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 3^ times. Head flat above ; snout very short, shorter than eye, which 



Fig. 50. 



Haplocliilus kinjii. 

 Type. X 1|. 



equals postorbital part of head ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw pro- 

 jecting ; interorbital width 1^ to 1^ times diameter of eye; praeorbital 

 ^ to ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 6-7, originating IJ to 2 times as far 



