POLYPTEEUS. 



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markings becoming more indistinct or disappearing in the adult ; a few 

 scattered black spots sometimes present ; paired fins with more or less 

 distinct transverse streaks or series of spots, the other fins without 

 spots ; belly yellow. 



Total length 720 millim. 



Nile, Lake Rudolf, Chad Basin. — Types in Paris Museum. 



rig. 3. 



Polypterus hichir. 

 Nile Delta (F. N.). i 



1-3. Yg. 

 4-:). Ad. 



6. Ad., stffd. 



7. Hgv. 



8. Ad. 



9-12. Hgr. & yg. 

 13-14. Yg. 

 15-24. Ad. & hgr. 



25. Hgr., skel. 



26. Ad. 



27. Ad. 



28. Ad. 



29. 30. Ad., stffd. 



Near Damietta. Dr. J. C. Mitchell (P.)- 



Mansurah, Damietta Nile. N. R. Harrington, Esq., 



and Dr. Hunt (E.). 

 Cairo. Dr. Riippell (C). 



Near Cairo. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Kawa, White Nile. „ 



Goz abu Gumali,White Nile. „ 



Gharb-el-Aish, „ „ 



Fashoda, „ >> 



Near Ken-o, „ 



Moutli ot" Luke No, „ 

 Bahr-el-Gebel. 



Nile. 



Capt. S. Flower (P.). 



2. POLYPTERUS LAPEADIL 



Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lix. i. 1869, p. 103, pi. i. figs. 1 & 2, and pi. ii. figs. 1 & 2 ; 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ii. 1898, p. 418 ; Budgett, Proc. Cambr. 



PLilos. Soc. X. 1900, p. 236 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 123, pi. x. 



figs. 1 & 2. 



Head rather strongly depressed, If to 2^ times as long as broad, its 



