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9a. EUTROPIU.S ANSORGII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1010, p. 5.55. 



Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Head If times as Icmg as broad ; snout broad, a little longer than eye ; 

 both jaws equal in front ; eye perfectly lateral, 5 times in length of 

 head, 3 times in interorbital width ; width of mouth equal to or a little 

 less than interorbital width ; vomero-palatine teeth forming an uninter- 

 rupted band, which is a little narrower than the band of prfemaxillary 

 teeth. Nasal barbel ^ to f length of head, maxillary -| to |, outer 

 mandibular ^, inner mandibular I to i. Gill-rakers moderately long, 



Fig. 177. 



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Eatropias ansorgii. 

 Type. i. 



9 to 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, entirely in advance 

 of ventral, about twice as distant from caudal as from end of snout, 

 its spine slender, f to f length of head, very feebly serrated behind. 

 Anal 55-59. Pectoral not reaching ventral, its spine stronger and a 

 little longer than that of dorsal, inner border feebly serrated. Caudal 

 deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or 

 a little deeper than long. Brownish above, white below ; a dark, ill- 

 defined blotch on each side above the pectoral fin ; vertical fins brownish, 

 ■with a light streak along the anal. 



Total length 240 mm. 



Angola. 

 1--'. Types. Qiumza R. at Cunga. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (H.). 



Distinguished from E. hocarjii by the longer barbels. 



