268 



CltAKACINID^. 



Scales 68-77 tz-tsj 10 between lateral line 



peduncle as long as deep. u^ aiC o U u-i i H15 



and root of ventral. Young greyish or purplish brown above, white 



.Fig. 204. 



feh 





DisUchodus atroventralis. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



below, with 6 to 9 continuous or interrupted dark vertical bars; dorsal 

 with black dots ; ventrals black or blackish ; pectoral usually blackish 

 at the end; adult uniform brown. 



Total length 420 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



M. P. Delhez (G). 

 Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 M. A. GreshofF (C.) ; 



Utrecht University (E.) . 

 M. P. Delhez (C). 



1. 



Hgr. 







Matadi, Lower Congo. 





2. 



Yg- 







Boma, Lower Congo. 





3. 



Yg., 



one 



of: the 



Lake Bayari, „ 







types. 









4. 



Ad. 







Dolo, Stanley Pool. 





5. 



Yg. 







Bikoro, Lake Tumba, 

 Congo. 



Upper 



6. 



Hgr. 







Kutu, Lake Leopold II. 

 Congo. 



, Upper 



7. 



Hgr. 







Upper Congo. 





Brussels University. 



10. DISTICHODUS MOSSAMBICUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Berk Ac. 1852, p. 275, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 71, pi. xiii. fig. 1 



(1868) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 513. 

 Distkhodus sclietiga, Peters, 11. cc. pp. 276, 74, pi. xiii. fig. 2. 

 Distkhodus macrolepis, Gunth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 362 (1864). 



Depth of body 2|- to 3 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4i 

 times. Head longer than deep, 2 to 2-g- times as long as broad ; snout 

 feebly compressed, rounded, but little shorter than postocular part of 

 head, about 1^ diameters of eye, which is 4 to 4§ times in length of head ; 



