90 



MORMTEID^. 



Pectoral obtusely pointed, f to | length of head, once and -| length of 

 ventral, reaching middle of latter. Caudal with obtusely pointed lobes. 



Fig. 72. 



Stomalorhiniis huniilior. 

 Type (A. M. C). f 



Caudal peduncle twice and ^ as long as deep, f length of head. 51-53 

 scales in lateral line, jg^j^ in transverse series on body, g^g in transverse 

 series between dorsal and anal, 14-16 round caudal peduncle. Dark 

 purplish brown, lighter beneath ; head with light dots. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Upper Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1. Hgr., one of the types. Coquilhatville. M. P. Delliez (C). 



i. STOMATORHINUS CORNETI. 



Boulcng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 71, pi. xxxi. fig. 5 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 85 (1901). 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3^ times in total 

 length. Head once and \ as long as deep ; snout vertically truncate, 

 not projecting beyond mouth, -j length of head ; mouth small, its width 



Pie. 73. 



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"1 •iy*^\ 



StomatorJiinus corneti. 

 Type (A. M. C). 4. 



\ length of head; 9 teeth in upper jaw, 10 in lower; eye very small, 

 \ length of snout. Dorsal 17, its length f its distance from head. 

 Anal 20, 4th ray below 1st of dorsal. Pectoral obtusely pointed, | length 

 of head, once and f length of ventral, reaching middle of latter. Caudal 



