264 



CHAEACINID^. 



5 DISTICHODUS HYPOSTOMATUS. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1900, p. 351. 



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

 Head a little longer than deep ; snout feebly compressed, a little less 

 than half length of head, strongly projecting beyond the mouth ; eye 

 3 to 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ times ; maxillary 

 extending to below nostrils ; two series of teeth in each jaw, inner very 

 feebly developed, outer series containing 18-20 teeth. Dorsal 18-19 

 (4unbranched), originating at equal distance from head and from caudal. 

 Anal 12-13 (4 unbranched). Pectoral nearly as long as head. Caudal 

 forked, with obtusely pointed lobes. Scales 53-57 j7rTT> 6 between lateral 

 line and root of caudal. Brown above, whitish beneath, with 15-17 

 dark vertical bands extending to the ventral region ; a rather indistinct 

 dark spot at base of caudal. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Ogowe. — Types, in Paris Museum, examined. 



6. DISTICHODUS MACQLATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 27, pi. xiii. fig. 1 (1898), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 190 (1901). 



Fig. 201. 



Distichodiis maculatus. 

 Type (A. M. C.) i. 



Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5 

 times. Head a little longer than deep, twice as long as broad ; snout 



