170 KNERIID.E. 



Dorsal above base o£ ventral ; head twice as long as 



broad, 6 times in total length ; snout f as long 



as postocular part o£ head ; eye lateral, 4J— 5 



times in length of head 2. K. sjxkli, G-thr., p. ITi. 



Dorsal above base o£ ventral ; head about l^^ times as 



long as broad, 4-^—5 times in total length ; snout 



as long as postocular part of head ; eye supero- [p- 171. 



lateral, 4}-5 times in length of head 3. K. cameronensis, Blgr., 



1. KNERIA ANGOLENSIS. 

 Steind. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvi. 1866, p. 770, pi. xvii. Sg. 1 ; Giinth. Cat. 

 Fish. vii. p. 372 (1868). 

 Body cylindrical in front, its depth G-|- to 7 times in total length. 

 Head deeper than broad, twice and \ as long as broad, its length b\ to 6 

 times in total length ; snout half as long as postorbital part of head, 

 with spine-like tubercles in the male; eye lateral, well visible from 

 below, 3 to 3-|- times in length of head; interorbital width f length of 

 head. Dorsal II 8, originating behind vertical of base of ventrals and 

 at equal distance from eye and from root of caudal, longest ray nearly 



Kneria angolensis. 

 Bange Ngola. 



as long as head. Anal III 9, equally distant from root of ventrals and 

 from root of caudal. Pectoral f length of head. Caudal deeply forked, 

 with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle twice and \ as long as deep. 

 95-100 scales in lateral line. Yellowish to dark brown above, whitish 

 beneath ; a lateral series of black dots ; a black dot at base of ventral 

 and usually two at base of anal. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Angola. — Type in Vienna Museum. 

 1-2. Hgr. Bange Ngola. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



