266 



CHAKACIN1D.E. 



snout rounded, not compressed, projecting little beyond mouth, as long 

 as eye, which is 3J times in length of head and about 1| times in inter- 

 orbital width ; maxillary extending to below nostrils ; teeth in two 

 series in each jaw, outer series containing 22-24 teeth. Dorsal 22 

 (4-5 unbranched), equally distant from occiput and from caudal, its 

 base 2i times its distance from adipose fin. Anal 16 (3-4 unbranched). 

 Pectoral § length of head. Caudal forked, lobes obtusely pointed. 

 Caudal peduncle much deeper than long. Scales 68-75 jy, 13-14 

 between lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, back darker ; a dark 

 spot on the lateral line above the pectoral ; dorsal with small dark 

 spots. 



Total length 115 inillim. 



Kingani River, East Africa. 

 Museums. 

 1. One of: the types. Kingani it. 



-Types 



in Berlin and Hamburg 



Dr. Sfcuhhnami ((J.) ; 

 Berlin Museum (E.). 



8. DISTICHODUS ANTONII. 

 Sckilthuis, Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. SO ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 Congo, p. 191 (1901). 



Fix. 203. 





Distichodus anion.il. 

 Upper Congo, i. 



Depth of body 2-g- to 2| times in total length, length of head 8| to 4| 

 times. Head about as long as deep, 1£ to 2 times as long as broad; 



