SYXODONTIS. 



405 



serrated on both sides, not reaching ventral. Latter obtusely pointed, 

 not quite reaching anal. Caudal very deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep. Olive above, whitish beneath ; a large round black 

 spot on each side above the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin, 

 sometimes followed by a second above the base of the anal. 



Total length 185 millim. 



Congo. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. Ad. Matadi, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



2. Hgr. Sankun R., Kasai. M. E. Luja (C.) ; 



Luxemburg Museum (P.). 



3. Yg. Dolo, Stanley Pool. M. P. Delhez (C). 

 ■4. Ad. Upper Congo. Brussels University. 



51. SYNODONTIS SOREX. 

 Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 211 (18(34), and Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 233, pi. i. fig. B 

 (1869); Vaill. N. Arch. Mus. (3) viii. 1896, p. 107; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. 

 Wien, cxv. i. 1906, p. 1140 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 375, pi. Ixxii. (1907). 



Depth of body 3 to 4J times in total length, length of head 3 to ?>h 



Fig. 349. 



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Synodontis sorex. 

 Mouth of L. No (F. N.). £. 



times. Head 1^ to If times as long as broad, more or less rugose, 

 finely granulate above from between the eyes, the granulate area some- 

 times extending on the snout; snout pointed, l\ to 2 times as long as 

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