SYNODONTIS. 



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rounded. Pectoral spine nearly as long as head, moderately serrated 

 on outer edge, very strongly on inner, not reaching ventral. Caudal 

 deeply forked, upper lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Greyish above, with small scattered darker spots, white beneath ; dorsal 

 and caudal fins with small greyish spots ; dorsal filament and upper and 

 lower borders of caudal fin black. 



Total length 180 millim. 



White Nile. 



L T .>'P e * Jebelain. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



48. SYNODONTIS SMITI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 45, pi. xii. fig. 3 (1902). 



Fig. 346. 



Synodontis smhi. 



Type (A. M. C). |. 



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

 4 times. Head 1^ times as long as broad, rugose above ; snout pointed, 

 f- length of bead ; eye supero-lateral, 3f times in length of head, 1 or 

 1^ times in interorbital width ; lips moderately developed ; prsemaxillary 

 teeth forming a short, broad band ; movable mandibular teeth about \ 

 diameter of eye, 16 or 17 in number. Maxillary barbel with a broad 

 inner marginal membrane, a little shorter than head, extending a little 

 beyond root of pectoral spine ; mandibular barbels with long slender 



