MOEMTRID.B. 



165 



6 in lower; eye a little longer than snout, a little shorter than inter- 

 orbital width. Dorsal 24, originating above 13th ray of anal, its length 

 2- that of anal, f its distance from head. Anal 41. Pectoral as long as 

 head. Ventrals absent *. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle 4 times as long as deep, as long as head. 85 scales in 

 lateral line, ^ in transverse series on body, ^^ in transverse series 

 between dorsal and anal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown, head 

 darker ; dorsal and anal fins dark brown in front. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Sierra Leone. 



1- Type. N. Sherbo district. N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



Distinguished from G. mento by the shorter dorsal fin and the 



longer anal. 



Fig. 108. 





Gnathonemus tliomasi. 

 Type. 



14. GNATHONEMUS STANLEYANUS, Blgr. 



Add:— 



7. AJ. 



Saiikuru R. at Kondue, Kasai. M. E. Luja (0.) ; Luxeni- 



biirg Museum (P.). 



15. aNATHONEMUS SENEGALENSIS, Stdr. 

 Pellegr. Poi^s. Bass. Tchad, p. 53, pi. ii. fig. 4 (1914). 



Add:— 

 11. Hgr. Oyan R., Niger. A. E. Kitson, Esq. (P.). 



16. GNATHONEMUS ANGOLENSIS, Blgr. 

 Recorded from the Upper Zambesi by Pellegrin, Ball. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xxxix. 1914, p, 24. 



* No doubt a congenital malformation. 



