BAGRUS. 



307 



9-28. Tg. 



Nile near Cairo, upstream side 

 of barrage. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington and 

 C. L. Boulenger, Esq. (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Dr. Riippell (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 



W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 Capt. S. Flower (P.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



Capt. G-. B. Gosling (P.). 

 M. P. Delhez (C). 



J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 W. A. Forbes, Esq. (P.). 



2. BAGRUS ORIENTALIS. 



Bagrus bayad (non Forsk.), Playf. & G Until. Fish. Zauzib. p. 114 (1866). 

 Bagrus orientalis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 1902, p. 37. 



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

 3J times. Head much depressed, If to If times as long as broad, 

 smooth above or finely striated on sides of elongate fontanelle ; occipital 

 long and narrow, narrowly separated from first interneural bone; snout 

 truncate, projecting beyond lower jaw, 2 to 2-f times as long as eye, 

 which is 6 to 8 times in length of head and 2 or 2^- times in interocular 

 width ; width of mouth 2^ to 2\ times in length of head ; preemaxillary 

 band of teeth 5 to 6 times as long as broad, nearly as broad as the band 



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