242 



S1LUR1D.E. 



Anal 56-62, narrowly separated from caudal. Pectoral \ length of 



head, the spine smooth and •§• the length of the fin. Ventral a little 



nearer end of snout than root of caudal. p- 2 oo 



Caudal 5 length of head. Dark brown 



above, brownish white beneath ; anal 



with a light edge ; caudal with dark 



bars. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Upper Congo, South Cameroon. 



1. Type. 

 ■2-:). ITgr. 



Clarias platyceplialus. 

 Type (A. M. C). \. 



Monsembe, Upper Congo. 

 Krihi R., S. Cameroon. 



Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Pig. 201. 



12. CLARIAS JAENSIS, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 6 to 6^ times in total length, length of head 3 J to 4 times. 



Head 1^ to If times as long as broad, 

 smooth or very feebly granulate above; 

 occipital process obtusely pointed ; frontal 

 fontanelle sole-shaped, } to 1 length of 

 head ; occipital fontanelle small, in advance 

 of occipital process ; eye very small, 3 to 



Clarias jaensis. 

 Type. I. 



4i times in length of snout, 6 to 8 times in interorbital width, 



