KNEETA. 171 



2. KNERTA SPEKII. 

 Giintli. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 372 (1868). 



Body cylindrical in front, its depth 7 times in total length. Head as 

 broad as deep, twice as long as broad, its length 6 times in total length; 

 snout f length of postocular part of head ; eye lateral, just visible from 

 below, 4|- to 5 times in length of head ; interorbital width f length of 

 head. Dorsal 11 8, originating above ventrals and at equal distance 



Fig. 135. 



Kneria spehii. 

 Type. 



from anterior border or centre of eye and from root of caudal, longest 

 ray f length of head. Anal III 6, a little nearer root of caudal than 

 root of ventrals. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. 100-105 scales 

 in lateral line. Uniform brownish, the lateral line darker. 



Total length 55 millim. 



German East Africa. 

 1-3. Types. Uzaramo, between the coast and Usagara. Capt. Speke (P.). 



3. KNERIA CAMERONENSIS, sp. n. 

 Body a little depressed in front, its depth 7 to 9 times in total length. 

 Head broader than deep, about once and \ as long as broad, its length 



Fis. 136. 



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Kneria cameronensis. 

 Typo. 



4-|- to 5 times in total length ; snout as long as postocular part of head ; 

 eye supero-lateral, 4-|- to 5 times in length of head ; interorbital width 



