CLAEIAS. 



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once length of head (a little longer in the very yonng), not extending 

 beyond middle of pectoral fin ; outer mandibular barbel 1\ to If times 

 as long as inner, which measures | to f length of head. Gill-rakers 

 long and closely set, 25 (very young)-110 on anterior arch. Clavicles 

 hidden under the skin. Dorsal 62-78, its distance from occipital 

 process \ to J length of head, its distance Kg. 195. 



from caudal one to two diameters of eye. 

 Anal 50-62, separated from the caudal 

 by a distinct interspace. Pectoral f to ^ 

 length of head, the spine serrated on the 



CI arias mofsambicus. 

 Lake Tsana (F. N.). 3. 



outer border and f to f the length of the fin. Veutrals equally distant 

 from end of snout and from mot of caudal, or a little nearer former. 

 Caudal I to 1 length of head. Olive to blackish above, white beneath ; 

 a more or less distinct dark band on each side of the lower surface of 



the head. 



Total length 650 millim. 



East Africa, from Abyssinia and Lake Victoria to Lake Tanganyika 

 and the Zambesi.— Type in Berlin Museum. 



1-2. Ad. 



3. Yg. 



4-6. Ad. 



7. Hgr. 



8-9. Hgr. 

 10. Ad. 

 11-12. Hgr. 



13. Hgr. 



14. Type o£ C. 



smithii. 



15. Hgr. 



16. Hgr. 



L. Victoria. 



» 

 Entebbe, Uganda. 

 Unfras ft., L. Tsana. 

 Warrar, Hawash E,, Abyssinia. 

 Hawash ft. 



Marmasa, Gota ft. (Hawash Sys- 

 tem), Abyssinin, 4000-5000 ft. 

 Elgo ft., L. Abaia, 3000 ft. 



Webi Shebeli. 



Voi ft., Taita, E. Africa. 

 Ngatana, Tana ft., ,, 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Col. Delmeftadcliffe(P.). 

 Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Prof. 0. Neumann (C.) . 

 Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 



W.N McMillan, Esq. (P.). 

 Dr. Donaldson Smith (C). 



C. S. Betton, Esq. (P.). 

 Prof. J. W. Gregory (P.). 



