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CLUPEID.T,. 



longest rays about J length of head. Anal 16-17, a long way behind 

 dorsal, nearer root of caudal than base of ventrals. Pectoral f length 

 of head, widely separated from ventral. Ventral below anterior third 

 or middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal 

 peduncle H *» H ti'^es as long as deep. 



45-48 scales in longitudinal 



Pig. 125. 



Pellonula miodon. 

 Type (Tr. Z. Soc. 1906). 



series, 14 in transverse series; 19-20 keeled scutes between isthmus 

 and ventrals, 10-11 between ventrals and anal. Olive above, silvery 

 below ; an indistinct blue lateral band ; dorsal and caudal greyish. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-4. Ad. & hgr., types. 



5. Ad., type. 



6. Ad., „ 

 7-11. Yg., types. 



12-21. Yg., „ 

 22-23. Ad., „ 



Ndnnvie. 



Tembwi. 



Vua. 



Mbete. 



Niamkolo Island. 



Kasakalewa. 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



3. PELLONULA OBTUSIROSTRIS, sp. n. 

 Depth of body equal to length of head, 4j or 4^ times in total length. 

 Snout obtusely pointed, projecting very slightly beyond lower jaw, not 

 quite as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and slightly 

 exceeds interorbital width ; adipose eyelid feebly developed ; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior third of eye ; no strongly enlarged teeth. 

 Gill-rakers slender, shorter than brachial filaments, about 15 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal 13, oiiginating slightly in advance of 

 ventrals, much nearer end of snout than base of caudal. Anal 17-18, 

 twice as distant from base of ventral as from caudal, and ori^inatius; a 



