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CHARACINIDJE. 



8. PARAPHAGG. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 76 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 173, 

 (1901). 



Snout moderately elongate, pointed ; mouth large ; jaws massive, the 

 upper movable upwards ; maxillary very small, not hidden under the 

 prseorbital when the mouth is closed ; praemaxillary and dentary with 

 two series of teeth, the outer strong, compressed, bi- or tricuspid, the 

 anterior larger, the inner small, sharply pointed, the two series separated 

 by a considerable space. Cheek nearly entirely covered by the sub- 

 orbitals ; nostrils near the eye, close together, separated by a valvular 

 flap ; gill-membranes narrowly united to isthmus. Body elongate, 

 compressed. Scales small, strongly ciliated ; lateral line straight, along 

 the middle of the side ; no scaly process at base of ventral. Dorsal fin 

 with 15 rays, above the ventrals ; anal with 13 or 14 rays; adipose 

 dorsal fin small. 



Congo. 



1. PARAPHAGO EOSTRATUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 76, pi. xxxiv. fig. 2 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 174 (1901). 



Depth of body 5| to 6 times in total length, length of head 3£ to 3§ 

 times. Head 3 times as long as broad, rugose above ; snout once and 

 £ diameter of eye, which is 4£ to 5 times in length of head and equals 

 interorbital width ; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye ; 



Fig. 187. 



Pi i raph ar/o rostra! US, 

 Type (A. M. C). 



15 or 16 teeth on each side in the outer series of both jaws. Gill- 

 rakers very small, rudimentary. Dorsal III 12, originating a little in 

 advance of ventrals, at equal distance from end of snout and from caudal. 



