EUTEOPIUS. 



but slightly stronger than that of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1|- times as long as deep, 

 brown, back darker. 



Fig. 231. 



283 



Caudal deeply forked 

 Body and fins uniform 



Eutropius banguelensis. 

 Tjpe. j. 



Total length 300 millim. 

 Lake Baugwelu. 



1. Ad. 



L. Banawelu. 



F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



3. EUTROPIUS NILOTICUS. 



flypoplithalmus niloticus, Riipp. Besclir. n. Fische Nil, p. 6, pi. i. fig. 1 (1829). 



Chilbe zerege, Rifaud, Voy. Egypte, pi. cxciv. no. 4 (1830). 



Sclulbe hasselquistii, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 377 (1839). 



Bagrus schilbeoides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 389. 



JBagrus adansonii, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 391, pi. ccccxiv. 



Eutropius niloticus, Gunth. Cat. Fish, v. p. 52 (1864), and Petherick's Trav. ii. 



.p. 225 (1869) ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 306, pi. lv. fig. 1 (1907). 

 Eutropius obtusirostris, Gunth. Cat. t. c. p. 53. 

 Eutropius adansonii, Gunth. Cat. t. c. p. 54 ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. "VVien, lx. i. 



1870, p. 985, pi. v. 

 Eutropius altipinnis, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 57, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3 to 4f times in total length, length of head 5 to 6 

 times. Head 1^ to If times as long as broad ; snout broad, projecting 

 slightly beyond mouth, as long as or a little longer than eye in adult, a 



