VAEICORHINUS. 357 



orbital width ; a minute barbel at angle of mouth ; horny conical or 

 subcorneal tubercles in 2 or 3 series round snout and below eye, the 

 largest on the sides. Dorsal IV 9-10, nearer occiput than root of 

 caudal, originating a little in advance of ventrals, border not or but 

 slightly emarginate, sometimes even slightly convex; last simple ray 

 very strong, bony, smooth, more or less curved, its bony part usually as 

 long as or a little shorter than head in young, f to f length of head in 

 adult. Anal III 5, longest ray a little shorter than head. Pectoral 

 nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales 30-35 |t|f, 2-3 

 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caxidal peduncle. Grey or 

 green above, base of scales blue, yellowish below ; fins bluish or pinkish 

 grey. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Lake Tsana and rivers of Abyssinia (Blue Nile and Hawash Systems). — 

 Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort (M.j. 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 

 W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 

 W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



5. VAPICORHINUS MAPOCCANUS. 

 Pterocapoeta maroccana, Giinth. Nov. Zool. ix. 1902, p. 446, pi. xxii. 

 VaricorUnus maroccanus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 43. 



Depth of body 3f to A^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4f 

 times. Snout rounded, much broader than long, its length |- to | length 

 of head ; eye superolateral or nearly lateral, its diameter 4 (young) to 

 6 times in length of head, 2 to 3 times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 wide, curved, its width ^ to | length of head ; a minute barbel, hidden 



