214 CrPKIXJJLE. 



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

 extending to below anterior border of eye. Dorsal II 7, originating 

 further back than anal, at equal distance from head and from caudal, 

 longest ray about £ length of head. Anal II 18. Pectoral acutely 

 pointed, as long as head, reaching root of ventral. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 37 jf, 1 between 



Eiigraulicypris minutus. 

 Type. 



lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, olive on 

 the back. 



Total length 26 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika, 

 l-y. Typo.. Mbete. Dr. W. A. (junnington (C). 



10. CHEKffiTHIOPS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 101 (18119), Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 2156 

 (1901), and Fish. Nile, p. 271 (1907). 



Body strongly compressed, the belly keeled between the pectoral fins, 

 covered with rather large scales. Lateral line low down, following the 

 ventral outline of the body and running along the lower part of the 

 caudal peduncle. Mouth large, oblique, without lips ; no barbels. 

 Suborbitals large, covering the cheek. Giil-membranes narrowly united 

 to the isthmus. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 9 or 10 rays, 7 of 

 which are branched, originating behind the vertical of the origin of the 

 anal. Anal with 19 or 20 rays. Pectoral fins elongate, in contact or 

 narrowly separated on the mid-ventral line. A scaly process at the 

 base of the ventral fins. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, in two series 

 (3, 5—5, 3). 



Nile, AVebi Shebeli, and Congo. 



Two species : — 



Depth of body l-~> times in total length ; dorsal 



above anterior half of anal . . . ... 1. C. bible, Joann., p. 21 5. 



Depth of body 4i--H times in total length ; dorsal 



above middle of anal 2. C. elongatus, Blgr., p. 21ti. 



