PELLONTJLA. 159 



long way behind vertical of dorsal. Pectoral f to § length of head, 

 not reaching ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal 

 peduncle once and \ as long as deep. 42-44 scales in longitudinal 

 series, 10 in transverse series; 12—13 keeled scutes between isthmus 



Fig. 126. 



Fjillonula obtusirostris. 

 Tvpe. 



and ventrals, 10 between ventrals and anal. Body yellowish, head and 

 a broad lateral band silvery. 



Total length 72 millim. 



Upper Congo. 



1-2. Types. Aruwimi R. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C); 



Ruwenzori Expedition. 



4. PELLONULA ACUTIROSTRIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 63, pi. xxxv. fig. 7 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 126 (1901). 



Depth of body 4 to 4-| times in total length, length of head 3f to 4 

 times. Snout acutely pointed, projecting slightly beyond lower jaw, as 

 long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and slightly exceeds 

 interorbital width ; a well-developed adipose lid ; maxillary extending a 

 little beyond anterior border of eye ; teeth unequal in size, none very 

 strongly enlarged. Gill-rakers slender, much shorter than branchial 

 filaments, about 25 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 13-14, 

 originating above first ray of ventral, much nearer end of snout than 

 base of caudal. Anal 17-18, nearly twice as distant from base of 

 ventral as from caudal, and originating a long way behind vertical of 

 dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal 

 forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 40-42 scales in longitudinal series, 10 in transverse series; 12-13 keeled 

 scutes between isthmus and ventrals, 12 between ventrals and anal. 



