ENGEAULICYPfilS. 211 



10-11, longest ray about f length of head. Pectoral obtusely pointed, 

 | length of head, widely separated from ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal 

 peduncle 2| to 3 times as long as deep. Scales 48-52 ||, 1 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, steel-blue 

 on the back ; tins white. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire. 



1. Type. Upper Shire. Dr. Livingstone (0. ) : 



Earl Russell (P.). 

 2-:*,. Types o£ E. pinguh. L. Nyassa. J. A. Williams, Esq. (G). 



4-13. Ail. & hgr. „ Gapt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



■2. ENGRAULIGYPRIS BHEVIAXALIS. 

 JS'eobola brevianalu, Bonleng. Ann. Natal Mus. i. 1908, p. 231, fig. 



Depth of body about 4^ times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout obtuse, not projecting 

 beyond mouth, shorter than eye, which is 3 or 3J times in length of 

 head and equals interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior 

 third of eye ; suborbital bones covering greater part of cheek. Gill- 

 rakers moderately long, about 15 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal II 7, its origin slightly in advance of that of anal ; its distance 

 from end of snout 2\ times its distance from caudal ; first branched ray 

 longest, about § length of head. Anal II 12-13. Pectoral acutely 



Fig. 185. 





Eayraulwjpvis IrevianaMs. 

 Type (Ann. Natal Mus.). x 2. 



pointed, as long as head, reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales 50-52 -g^ 2 , 1 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with a 

 silvery lateral band ; fins white. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Zululand, Transvaal. 

 1. Type. Mkuzi R., Zululand. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2-4. Ad. & hgr. Devaars R., Transvaal. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



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