SYNODONTIS. 



463 



dorsal small, 3 to 4 times as long as deep, about | as long as its distance 

 from rayed dorsal. Anal IV 7-8, rounded. Pectoral spine as long as 



Fig. 347. 



Si/noduntis noiatus. 

 Tvpe, after Vaillaut (I. c). 



head, strongly serrated on both sides, 

 not reaching ventral. Latter rounded , 

 reaching or nearly reaching anal. 

 Caudal deeply forked, upper lobe a 

 little produced. Caudal peduncle 

 longer than deep. Greyish above, 

 white beneath ; a large round black 

 spot on each side above the lateral 

 liue and the base of the ventral fin, 

 sometimes preceded and followed by 

 a few others. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. Ad. 



2-4. Hgr. & yg. 



Ubiinghi. 



Monsembe, Upper Congo. 



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

 Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



50. SYNODONTIS NUMM1FER. 



Bouleng. Ami. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 47, pi. xxiv. (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 324 (1901). 



Depth of body 3-g- to 3\ times in total length, length of head 3^- to 3f 

 times. Head 1-j to 2 times as Jong as broad, deeper than broad, finely 

 granulate above from between the eyes ; snout obtusely pointed, longer 



