PHAGO. 



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1. PHAGO LORICATUS. 

 Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, p. 210, pi. v. 



Depth of body 9 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Head 

 3^ times as long as broad ; snout a little longer than postorbital part of 

 head, 2^ times diameter of eye, which is 5J times in length of head and 

 nearly equals interorbital width ; mouth extending nearly to anterior 

 border of eye; 19 teeth on each side in outer series in each jaw, the 

 first upper a small canine ; bones of the head granulated and striated. 

 Gill-rakers very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 9, originating above 

 last ray of ventral, slightly nearer end of snout than caudal, longest ray 

 not quite half length of head. Anal III 8. Pectoral f length of head, 



Fig. 188. 



Phayo loricatus. 

 Type, after Gunther (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1865). 



a little shorter than ventral. Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle 7 times as long as deep. Scales 47 3 -| ; a single series 

 of scales between dorsal fin and lateral line series, G round caudal 

 peduncle. Pale brownish; dorsal with two horizontal dark streaks; 

 3 oblique dark streaks across each lobe of caudal.. 

 Total length 110 millim. 



Niger. 



1. Type 



Ni. 



Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 



2. PHAGO INTERMEDIUM. 

 Bonleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 77, pi. xxxiv. fig. 3 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 178 (1901). 



Depth of body 6 times in total length, length of head 3| times. 

 Head 3 J times as long as broad ; snout a little longer than postocular 

 part of head, 2£ times diameter of eye, which is 5| times in length of 

 head and 1^ times in interorbital width ; mouth extending to anterior 

 border of eve; 22 teeth on each side of upper jaw. Dorsal IV S, 



