AUCHEJST0GLAN1S. 



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6. AUCHENOGLANIS UBANGENSIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 41, pi. xi. fig. 3 (1902). 



Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 3$ times. 

 Head 1£ times as long as broad, feebly rugose above ; snout pointed, 

 half length of head ; occipital process small, longer than broad, not 

 reaching the feebly developed interneural plate; eye supero-lateral, 

 6 times in length of head, 2 times in interorbital width ; mouth half 



Fig. 290. 



Auclienoglanis vbangensis. 

 Type (A. M. C). f. 



width of head ; praemaxillary teeth forming a small reniform group. 

 Maxillary and inner mandibular barbels equal, \ length of head ; outer 

 mandibular 1^ times length of head, nearly reaching extremity of 

 pectoral fin. Humeral process small, pointed, striated. Dorsal I 7 ; 

 spine smooth, with a few very feeble retrorse seme on the anterior 

 border near the extremity, \ length of head. Adipose dorsal 4 times as 

 long as deep, separated from rayed dorsal by a space equal to § its 

 length, narrowly separated from caudal. Anal 12 (8 rays branched). 

 Pectoral not reaching ventral, spine strong, smooth on outer side, with 



