DISTICHODUS. 



265 



rounded, not compressed, projecting strongly beyond mouth, as long as 

 or a little longer than eye, which is 3 to H^ times in length of head and 

 2 to 2J times in interorbital width ; maxillary extending to below 

 nostrils ; teeth in two series in each jaw, outer series containing 22-2-1 

 teeth. Dorsal 16-19 (3-4 unbranched), equally distant from eye and 

 from caudal, its base equal to or a little less than its distance from 

 adipose fin. Anal 11 (3 unbranched), its base much shorter than that 

 of dorsal. Pectoral f to |- length of head. Caudal forked, upper lobe 

 pointed, lower rounded. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or slightly 

 deeper than long. Scales 68-75 ^^, 7-8 between lateral line and root 

 of ventral. Olive above, whitish beneath ; sides with large blackish 

 round spots forming rather irregular oblique series across the body, 

 6 or 6 spots in each ; small dark spots on dorsal. 



Total length 310 millim. 



Congo (Manyai)ga, Stanley Pool, Uerre), Lake Bangwelu. — Type in 

 Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1- Hgr. Lake Bangwelu. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



7. DISTTOHODUS PETERSII. 

 Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 41 (1896). 



rig. 202. 



mmMm 



SfcsS 



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Distichodus petersii. 

 Type. 



Depth of body 2^ to barely 2| times in total length, length of head 

 3f times. Head a little longer than deep, twice as long as broad ; 



