264 



SILTTEIDJi. 



length of snout, 5 times in interorbital width, which is about J length 

 of head and equals width of mouth ; band of prsemaxillary teeth 4 times 

 as long as broad ; vomerine teeth conical, forming a crescentic band 

 which, in the middle, is a little broader than the prsemaxillary band ; 

 nasal barbel f , maxillary f , outer mandibular f length of head. Gill- 

 rakers about 20 on anterior arch. Clavicles concealed under the 

 skin. Dorsal 83, its distance from occipital process f length of head. 



Fig. 219. 



Clarias foulnni. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1907). 



Anal 68. Both dorsal and anal embracing root of caudal. Pectoral 

 f length of head, its spine serrated on inner side only and measuring § 

 the length of the fin. Ventrals If times as distant from caudal as 

 from end of snout. Caudal nearly \ length of head. Blackish brown, 

 belly paler brown. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Lake Bangwelu. 

 1. Type. L. Bangwelu. F. H. Melland, Esq., & Father Fonlon (P.). 



33. CLARIAS SAL.E. 



Hubrecht, Notes Leyd. Mus. iii. 1881, p. G8; Steind. op. cit. xvi. 1894, p. 52; 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 1090, fig. 



Depth of body 9 to 12 times in total length, length of head 5 to 

 6 times. Head about 1| times as long as broad, finely granulate 

 above ; occipital process short, rounded or obtusely pointed ; frontal 



