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PANTODONTID.'E. 



above last rays of anal, 3^ to 4 times as distant from head as from caudal ; 

 third ray nearly as long as head. Anal 9-14, sometimes divided into 

 two by a notch, posterior rays shortest. Pectoral -f to \ total length, 

 formed of 8 rays, first longest and strong. First 4 ventral rays more or 

 less produced, sometimes reaching caudal. Caudal pointed, median rays 

 nearly twice as long as head. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 28-30 



3-J 



scales in lateral line, -? in transverse series, 22 or 23 between occiput 



Fig. 122. 



Pantodon buchholzi. 

 Upper Congo. 



and dorsal. Olive above, yellow or silvery beneath, more or less tinged 

 with carmine ; a few blackish dots on the body ; sometimes dark bands 

 across the back ; fins pink, with small, round, purplish-brown spots, 

 forming cross-bands on the pectorals, which are dark purple on the 

 inner side and towards the end ; dark bars across the lower jaw. 



Total length 95 millim. 



Niger, Old Calabar, Cameroon, Congo. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



1. Ad. 



2. Ad. 



3-4. Ad. & hgr. 



5. Skel. 



6. One of the types. 



7-8. Hgr. 

 9-10. Ad. 



11. Ad. 



Brass, Lower Niger. 

 Assay, „ 



Old Calabar. 



Victoria R., Cameroon. 



Cameroon. 

 Monsembe, Upper 



Congo. 

 Banzyvillc, Ubanghi. 



N. Burrows, Esq. (P.). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 D. G. Rutherford, Esq. (C). 



Dr. Buchholz (0.); 

 Berlin Museum (E.). 



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



Capt. Royaux (O). 



