278 



CHARACINID^. 



in length of head; maxillary not extending to below nostrils; 12-18 

 teeth in each jaw, inner teeth very small or absent. Dorsal 25-26 

 (4l-o unbranched), equally distant from head and from caudal, separated 

 from adipose fin by a space equal to -J to f its base. Anal 13-14 

 (3-4 unbranched), its base much shorter than that of dorsal. Pectoral 

 f to f length of head. Caudal forked, lobes rounded. Caudal peduncle 



Fig. 212. 



Bisiichodus lusosso. 



Type. 



as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 70-85 jg^j^, 11-13 

 between lateral line and root of ventral. Orange or red, with 6 to 8 

 blackish bands across the body ; dorsal dotted with blackish in the 

 youn^. 



Total length 380 millim. 



Congo. 



1-2. Ad. & hop. 

 3. Hgr., type, 



4-5. Yg. 

 6,7. Ad.&yg. 

 8. Skel. 



9- Yg., type of 

 D. leiitorliynehus. 

 10-11. Hgr. k yg. 



Cataracts of Manyanga, 

 Kinsliassa, Stanley Pool. 



Leopoldville, Stanley Pool. 

 Monsembe, Upper Congo. 



Stanley Palls. 



Banzyville, Ubanghi. 



Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 M. A. Gresboff (C.) ; 



Utrecht University (E.). 

 Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 Eev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



Rev. W. H. Bentley (C). 



Capt. Eoyaux (C). 



