iOO 



SILUKID.E. 



times. Head 1^ times as long as broad ; skull a little rugose, covered 

 with thin skin ; snout a little longer than postocular part of head, 

 pointed, projecting beyond mouth; space between the nostrils equally 

 distant from end of snout and eye; latter directed upwards, 10 or 11 

 times in length of head and 1\ to 3 times in the interocular width ; 

 maxillary barbel \ length of head, reaching or nearly reaching gill- 

 opening, mandibular barbels much shorter. Occipital process 3 times 

 as long as broad, not reaching interneural shield. Dorsal I 7 ; first ray 



Fig. 372. 



Phractura bovei. 

 Lower Congo. 



longest, 1 longer than head ; second dorsal very small. Anal II 7. 

 Pectoral longer than head, as long as or a little longer than the 

 ventral; latter nearly reaching the anal. Caudal with crescentic notch. 

 Caudal peduncle depressed, §• total length. 23-24 dorsal and 19 ventral 

 scutes, the last 5 united on caudal peduncle. Uniform yellowish brown 

 in spirit. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Lower Congo.— Type in Genoa Museum. 



1. Ad. 



Lower Con; 



Brussels Museum (E.). 



2. PHRACTURA LINDICA. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 268, pi. xxviii. fig. 3. 



Depth of body 7£ to 8 times in total length, length of head 5 to Si- 

 times. Head 1£ to If times as long as broad, nearly smooth above, 

 covered with papillose skin ; snout | length of head, obtusely pointed, 



