273 



CHARACINIDiE. 



in length of head; m axillary not extending to below nostrils; 12-18 

 teeth in each jaw, inner teeth very small or absent. Dorsal 25-26 

 (4-5 unbranched), equally distant from head and from caudal, separated 

 from adipose fin by a space equal to -3- to § its base. Anal 13-14 

 (3-4 unbranched), its base much shorter than that of dorsal. Pectoral 

 I to § length of head. Caudal forked, lobes rounded. Caudal peduncle 



Fig. 212. 



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^1; 1 





^% 



'^:J 



Distkhodus lusosso. 

 Type. *. 



15-17 



as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Scales 70-85 j^,, 11-13 

 between lateral line and root of ventral. Orange or red, with 6 to 8 

 blackish bauds across the body ; dorsal dotted with blackish in the 

 youne - . 



Total length 380 millim. 



Congo. 



1-2. Ad. & hgr. 

 3- Hgr., type. 



Cataracts of Manyanga. 

 Kinshassa, Stanley Pool. 



4-5. Yg. 



6, 7. Au. & yg. 

 ■B. Skel. 



1Q-11. Ifgr. & yg. Banzyville, Uhanghi. 



Leopoldvillc. Stanley Pool. 

 Monsem'be, Upper Congo. 



» -it 



Stanley Falls. 



Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 M. A. Greshoff (C.) ; 



Utrecht University (E.). 

 Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 Eev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



Rey. W. H. Bentley (C.). 



Capt. Rqyaiijt (C). 



