CTPEINIDiE. 



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peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 35 gf , 3 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, yellowish 

 beneath ; fins dark grey. 



Total length 170 millim. 

 Angola. 



1. Type. 



Lucalla R. .it Lucalla. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



3 a. VARICORHINUS SANDERSI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 11, pi. xix. fig. 1 (1912). 



Depth of body 2f to SJ times in total length, length of head 4| to 

 5 times. Snout rounded, much broader than long, about J length of 



Rk. 137. 



VaricorJiinus sandersi. 

 Type. f. 



head ; eye 3i (young) to 5^ times in length of head, interorbital width 

 1| to 2 times ; mouth feebly curved, its width | (young) to f that of 

 head • no barbels ; numerous small tubercles on sides of head. 

 ]3orsal III 10 (rarely 9), equally distant from nostrils or eye and from 

 root of caudal ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, ossified 

 part -^ to f length of head ; border of fin strongly emarginate. 

 Anal III 5, sometimes reaching base of caudal. Pectoral as long as or 

 a little lono'er than head, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below 



