EUTROPIUS. 



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than and nearly equal in length to that of dorsal. Caudal deeply 

 forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle as long as or a little 

 longer than deep. Silvery, back brownish ; a dark, ill-defined blotch 

 on each side above the pectoral fin. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Upper Congo, Ogowe, Shari. 



1- Type. Bolobo. Rev. G. Grenfell (P.). 



2-3. Ad. & hgr. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



4. Ad. Aruwimi R. R. B. Woosnam,Esq. (C.) ; 



Ruwenzori Expedition. 



5. EUTROPIUS LIBERIENSIS. 

 Iiubrecht, Notes Leyd. Mus. iii. 1881, p. 69 ; Steind. op. cit. xvi. 1894, p. 59 ; 

 Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 276. 



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

 Head 1|- times as long as broad; snout broad, projecting slightly beyond 

 mouth, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is perfectly lateral 



Fig. 234. 



Eutropius liberiensis. 

 Gaboon. \. 



and 3 to 3-^ times in length of head, 1\ to If times in interorbital 

 width ; width of mouth equal to interorbital width ; vomero-palatine 

 teeth forming an uninterrupted band, which is as broad as or narrower 

 than the band of prsemaxillary teeth. Nasal barbel -J length of head, 

 maxillary -f to once, inner mandibular j, outer mandibular \ to f. 

 Gill-rakers moderately long, widely set, 9 to 11 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal I 5-6, partly in advance of ventrals, twice as 



