DISTICHODUS. 



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interorbital width 1\ to 3 times in length of head ; maxillary not 

 extending to below nostrils; teeth in one or two series in each jaw, 

 those of the inner series, if present, very small ; 14-18 teeth in outer 

 series. Dorsal 23-27 (4 unbranched), equally distant from occiput and 

 from caudal, its base twice as long as its distance from adipose fin. 

 Anal 14-16 (4 unbranched), its base much shorter than that of dorsal. 



Fig. 205. 





Jh 



&& A^y^c , few***.- 



Distichodus mossambicus. 

 Type, after Peters (Eeise Mossamb.). \. 



Pectoral shorter than head. Caudal forked, with obtusely pointed lobes. 

 Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Scales 67-70 — jg-, 11 or 12 between 

 lateral line and root of caudal. Silvery, olive-brown on the back ; 6 or 

 7 very indistinct dark bars on the body, not extending much below 

 lateral line ; dorsal with dark dots. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Zambesi. — -Types in Berlin Museum. 



1-2. Ad., skins. Shire River. 



3. Ad,, skin, type of „ 



D. macrolepis. 



4. Ad. 



Dr. C. Livingstone (P.). 

 Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



Loangwa River, 

 N.W. Rhodesia. 



S. A. Neave, Esq. (P.). 



