CTPEINID.E. 219 



Dorsal IV 10 (rarely 9 or 11), equally distant from anterior border or 

 centre of eye and from root of caudal; last simple ray very strong, bony, 

 not serrated, straight or very feebly curved, I to 1^ times length of head ; 

 border of fin strongly emarginate. Anal III 5, longest ray f to f length 

 of head. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching 

 ventral ; latter inserted belovs^ middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle IJ to If times as long as deep. Scales 30-35 ^^» 

 3-31 between lateral line and ventral, 12 (rarely 14) round caudal 

 peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath ; fins dark grey, often tinged 

 with red. 



Total length 190 millim. 



Angola, 



1-16. Types. Lucalla R. at Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



17. Skel. 



Recorded from the Benito Eiver, Spanish Guinea, by Pappenheim, I. c. 



3 c. VARICORHINUS RUANDtE. 



Pappenh. in Sclmbotz, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutscb. Z.-A£r. Exped., Zool. iii. p. 236, 

 pi. i. fig. 1 (1914). 



Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Snout rounded, 1|- times as long as broad, as long as eye, which is 

 3^ times in length of head and IJ times in interorbital width ; mouth 

 nearly straight, its width 3 times in length of head ; a rudimentary 

 barbel ; no tubercles on the snout. Dorsal IV 10, nearer occiput than 

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

 longer than head ; border of fin strongly emarginate. Anal III 5, 

 -longest ray a little shorter than head. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head. Ventral below anterior soft rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales 34-36 gf, 

 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Grey, 

 back darker ; fins dark grey. 



Total length 150 millim; 



Mkunga near Euasa, Ruanda, German East Africa. — Types in Berlin 

 Museum. 



