502 



SILUEID^E. 



3. PHRAOTURA BREVICAUDA, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 6 to 7| times in total length, length of head 4 to 4| 

 times. Head 1^ to If times as long as broad, rugose above, covered 

 with thin skin ; snout | length of head, obtusely pointed, projecting 

 but little beyond mouth ; space between the two nostrils equally distant 

 from end of snout and from eye ; latter directed upwards, 6 to 7 times 

 in length of head, 2 to 2| times in interocular width ; maxillary barbel 

 | to 1 length of head, mandibulars shorter. Occipital process about 

 twice as long as broad, widely separated from interneural shield. Dorsal 

 I 6 ; first ray nearly as long as or a little longer than head ; second dorsal 

 very small, originating above middle of anal. Anal II 7-8. Pectoral 



Pig. 374. 



Phraetiira brevicauda. 

 Type, Lobi E. 



a little longer than head, not reaching ventral ; latter reaching origin of 

 anal or a little beyond. Caudal with crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 

 depressed, ^ to f total length. 23-26 dorsal and 18-19 ventral 

 scutes, very small on body, larger on caudal peduncle (8 or 9 last), 

 which is naked on the side. Brownish above, uniform or spotted or 

 speckled with dark brown, or dark brown with three or four yellowish 

 bars across the back ; whitish beneath ; usually a dark spot on dorsal 

 fin and one on each lobe of caudal. 



Total length 70 millim. 



South Cameroon, Ogovve. 



1-8. Types. 



9. Skel. 

 10-11. Types. 

 12. Type. 



Trib. of Lobi R., S.W. oE Efulen, 

 S. Cameroon. 



Kribi R., 



Abanga R., Ogowe. 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C), 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C. 



