EUQNATHICHTHTS. 



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2. EUGNATHICHTHYS MACROTEROLEPIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 75, pi. xxxiv. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 172 (1901). 



Depth of body 4| to 4| times in total length, length of head 3|- times. 

 Head 2 to 2J times as long as broad, 1^ to If times as long as deep ; 

 snout 1^ to 1|- times diameter of eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of 

 head and 1 to 1|- times in interorbital width ; upper jaw extending to 

 below centre of eye ; naked space on cheek about ^ width of praeorbital. 



Ficr. 186. 



Eugnatliichthys macroterolepis. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



Dorsal III 8-11, originating a little in advance of ventrals. Anal III 9. 

 Scales 68-71 g^, 6 or 7 between lateral line and root of ventral. 

 Otherwise as in the preceding. A median dorsal and a lateral series of 

 large black spots, the latter alternating with the former and forming 

 vertical bars; 3 black streaks across the dorsal, 2 to 4 on each caudal 

 lobe. 



Total length 145 millim. 



