NANN^^THIOPS. 



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which is 2 J to 3 times in length of head ; interorbital width a little 

 greater than diameter of eye ; mouth terminal ; maxillary extending to 

 below anterior border of eye : 22 to 30 teeth in outer prsemaxillary 

 series. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal III 10-12, originating a little in advance of ventrals, its distance 

 from eye equal to its distance from caudal; longest ray nearly equal to 



Fig. 194. 



Kanncethiops unitceniatus. 

 Type (F. N.). 



length of head. Anal III 7. Pectoral about f length of head, shorter 

 than ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep. Scales 32-36 ^, 4 between lateral line and base of 

 ventral; lateral line sometimes restricted to a few of the anterior 

 scales. Olive-brown above, yellowish beneath ; a black lateral streak, 

 sometimes narrowly edged with silvery, from eye to median rays of 

 caudal ; a blackish spot at tip of dorsal. 



Total length 62 millim. 



AVhite Nile and Bahr-el-Gebel, Gold Coast, Niger, Cameroon, Gaboon, 

 Congo. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



M. Chaper (C.) ; 



Paris Museum (E.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



