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length of heatl, inner -j to |. Gill-rakers moderately long, 10 to 12 

 on anterior arch. Clavicles hidden under the skin. Dorsal 65-75, its 

 distance from occipital process § to f length of head. Anal 60-65. 

 Both dorsal and anal narrowly separated from caudal. Pectoral about 

 ■^ length of head, its spine feebly serrated on both sides and -§■ to § the 

 length of the fin. Ventrals 1^ to If times as distant from root of 

 caudal as from end of snout. Caudal \ to \ length of head. Olive- 

 brown above, yellowish beneath ; anal with a light edge. 



Total length 205 millim. 



South Cameroon. 



1-2. Types. Ja R. 

 3-4. Ad. 



5. ftkel. „ 



6-9. Ad. & hgr. Nyong R. 



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



2. ALLABENCHELYS LONGICAUDA. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 234, pi. xxii. fig. 1, and 1907, p. 1092. 

 Depth of body 9 to 12 times in total length, length of head 5^ to 6 

 „. 9 „ 2 times. Head \\ to 1-J times as long as 



broad, smooth above, the bony casque, 

 in the middle of the head, f width of 

 head ; postorbital bone narrow ; occipital 

 process acutely pointed ; a small frontal 

 fontanelle ; occipital fontanelle very in- 

 distinct; eye very small, 3 to 4 times in 



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Allabenchelys lorujicuuda. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1902). f. 



length of snout, 6 times in interorbital width, which is not quite 

 J length of head ; band of preemaxillary teeth 4 to 5 times as long as 

 broad; vomerine teeth conical or subgranular, forming a crescentic 



