CI-IILOCHEOMIS, 



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1. CHILOCHEOMIS DUPONTI. 



Bouleng. I.e. pi. xxiv. ; Pellegr. I.e.; Bonleiig. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, 

 1912, p. 26. 



Depth of body 2 J times in total length, length of head o| times. 

 Head not quite twice as long as broad. Snout rounded, a little broader 

 than long, with arched upper profile, longer than eye, which is 3J to 

 4 times in length of head, 1| to ]§ times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 extending to below nostril ; upper lip very broad ; teeth very numerous, 

 those of upper jaw in 8 or 9 series, of lower jaw forming two spoon- 

 shaped groups ; inner teeth smaller than outer ; 3 or 4 series of scales 

 on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 15 or 16 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 10-11; spines increasing in length to the 

 last, which is f length of head ; longest soft rays a little longer or a 











Chiloc/iromis du.ponti. 

 Type (P. Z.S. 1902). A 



little shorter than head. Anal HI 8 ; third spine a little shorter than 

 last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not 

 extending to vertical of origin of anal. Ventral not reaching vent. 

 Caudal truncate or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as 

 deep. Scales 30-3B ?i|*; lateral lines f^Efl. Uniform olive-brown 

 above, yellowish beneath ; fins greyish or brown. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Lukula and Luali Rivers, Chiloango.— Type in Brussels Museum. 



Liiali R. at Buco Zaii, Portuguese Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Congo. 



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