266 



CHARACIXID.E. 



snout rounded, not compressed, projecting little beyond mouth, as long 

 as eye, which is oj times in length of head and about IJ times in inter- 

 orbital width; maxillary extending to below nostrils; teeth, in two 

 series in each jaw, outer series containing 22-24 teeth. Dorsal 22 

 (4-5 unbranched), equally distant from occiput and from caudal, its 

 base 21 times its distance from adipose fin. Anal 16 (3-4 unbranched). 

 Pectoral f length of head. Caudal forked, lobes obtusely pointed. 



1 ^ 



Caudal peduncle much deeper than long. Scales 68-75 jy, 18-14 

 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, back darker ; a dark 

 spot on the lateral line above the pectoral; dorsal with small dark 

 spots. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Kingani River, East Africa. — Types in Berlin and Hamburg 

 Museums. 



1. One of the types. Kingani R. 



Dr. Stuhhnann (C.) ; 

 Berlin Museum (E.). 



8. DISTICHODUS ANTONII. 



Schilthuis, Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. 89 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 Congo, p. 191 (1901). 



Kg. 203. 



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Af-UyjAM 



Distichodus anlonii. 

 Upper Congo. ^. 



Depth of body 2^ to 2| times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4| 

 times. Head about as long as deep, 1| to 2 times as long as broad; 



