CITIIARINUS. 



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at least as long as head. Adipose fin much longer than deep, its base 

 f to I its distance from dorsal. Anal 25-29 (3-4 unbranched), 

 pointed, anterior rays produced. Pectoral about | length of head! 

 reaching, or nearly reaching, ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 



Fig. 225. 



Citharinus macrolepis. 

 Tjpe (A. M. C). i. 



as long as deep or a little longer. Scales 55-60^41, 10-12 between 



— lb— Jo 



lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, bluish grey on the back. 

 Total length 750 millim. 

 Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. Hgr., one of the types. Boma, Lower Congo. M. P. Delhez (C). 



2. Ad., „ Cataracts of Manyanga. Cupt. Wilverth (C). 



3. 4. Ad. Monsembe, Upper Congo. Rev. J. H. AVeeks (P.). 



4. CITHARINUS LATUS. 

 Mull. & Trosch. Hor. Ichtliyol. i. p. 9 (1845); Steind. Sitz. Ak. Wien, Ixi. i. 1870, 

 p. 539 J Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 42(1896); Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 (Jongo, Zoo], i. p. 93 (1899), and Fish. Nile, p. 15(3, pi. xxvi. (1907). 



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

 times. Head 1-f to 2 times as long as broad, its upper profile more or 

 less concave ; snout as long as or slightly longer than eye in adult, 

 shorter in young, projecting slightly beyond mouth ; diameter of eye 

 °3 (young) to 'i\ times in length of head ; a narrow adipose lid in front 

 of and behind eye ; interorbital width 2y to 2|- times in length of head. 



