212 CYPRIXID.E. 



3. ENGRAULICYPPJS ARGENTEUS. 



JVeobola argentea, Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1904, p. 184, and Mem. Soc 

 Zool. Fiance, xvii. 1905, p. 178, fig. ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 268, pi. xlvi. 

 fig. 5 (1907). 



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

 times. Head about twice as long as broad ; snout acutely pointed, not 

 projecting beyond mouth, slightly shorter than diameter of eye, which 

 is nearly 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; suborbitals covering greater 

 part of cheek. Gill-rakers moderately long, 16 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal II 7, its origin corresponding to or slightly in advance of 



1%. 180. 



Kiujraidiujpris arr/enteus. 

 Type (K N.). 



that of the anal, nearly twice as far from end of snout as from base of 

 caudal ; first branched ray longest, about § length of head. Anal II 

 15-16. Pectoral acutely pointed, a little shorter than head, not ex- 

 tending to ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as 



8-9- 



long as deep. Scales 48-52 -^- s , 1 between lateral line and ventral, 

 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish brown above, silvery on the sides; 

 caudal fin bright yellow, the other fins white or greyish. 



Total length 60 millim. 



Lake Victoria. — Types in Paris Museum. 



M. Alluaud (C.) ; 

 Paris Museum (E.). 



5) 



A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 

 Mr. E. Degen (C). 

 Dr. E. Bay on (C.) ; 

 Genoa Museum (P.). 



