7-15. Ad. & yg. 



CYPEINID^. 



Chaffs - Dousa, high 

 Plateau of Abyssinia. 

 16-25. Ad., hgr., & yg. Jerrer E. near Harrar. 

 26. Skel. 

 27-29. Ad. & yg. Gadschimboda R. 



(Hawash). 

 30-37. Hgr. &yg., types. Abyssinia. 

 38-42. Hgr. & yg., types. Amba, near Massowa. 



43-49. Hgr. & yg., types. Near Massowa. 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Prof. 0. Neumann and 

 Baron C. von Erlanger (C). 



Marquis G. Doria (P.). 



W. Jesse, Esq. (0.) ; 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford (P.). 



W. Jesse, Esq. (P.). 



6. DISCOGNATHUS HINDU. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. 62, pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 5 to 5 J times in total length. 

 Head broader than deep, 1|- to 1^ times as long as broad ; snout rounded, 

 projecting very strongly beyond mouth ; interorbital region flat, its 

 width not quite ^ length of head ; eye supero-lateral, not visible from 

 below^, in middle of length of head, its diameter 4 (young) to 5 times in 

 length of head and 2 to 2J times in interorbital width ; width of mouth 

 about y length of head ; upper lip well developed, fringed ; lower lip 

 surrounding a mental disk which is broader than long ; 2 barbels on 



Fig. 264. 



Discognathus hindii. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1905). f. 



each side, measuring ^ to f diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally 

 distant from centre or anterior border of eye and from caudal ; longest 

 ray as long as head or a little shorter. Anal II 5. Pectoral nearly as 

 long as head, not reaching ventral, which is situated below middle of 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 1-| to 

 1 J times as long as deep. Scales 38-42 yFgf, 3|-4 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, whitish beneath ; 

 usually a few black spots on the base of the dorsal fin ; young with 



