C8 



CYPEIN0D0NTID.4]:. 



reaching beyond base of ventral ; latter small, nearer end of snout than 

 root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 

 longer than deep. 25-27 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round body 

 in front of ventrals ; no lateral-line pits. Yellowish, scales edged with 

 brown ; a blackish lateral streak along the lower half of the body, from 



Fiff. 54. 



IInplocMlus katanr/a'. 

 Type, f 



the pectoral fin to the root of the caudal ; fins uniform greyish, or 

 dorsal and anal with small dark dots at the base. 



Total length 25 millim. 



Katanga. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Types. Lubumbashi R., near Elizabethviile. M. Poppe (C). 



3-8. Ad. Elizabethviile. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



30. HAPLOOHILUS (!ABIND^. 

 Boulong. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 2G4, and Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. 

 ii. 3, p. 21 (1912). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3J to 3f times in total length. 

 Head flat above ; snout much shorter than eye ; mouth directed 



Ilaplucldhis cabindce. 



Type. 



upwards, lower jaw slightly projecting; eye 2f times in length of head, 

 a little less than interorbital width; prseorbital f diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal 8-9, originating at equal distance from head and from root of 

 caudal, or nearer latter, above middle of anal ; longest rays f length 



