NANNOCHAKAX. 281 



1. One of the types. Banzyville, Ubanghi. Capt. Royaux (C). 



2. Ad. Lindi River. M. M. Storms (C.) ; 



Brussels Museum (P.). 



2. NANNOCHARAX PARVUS. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1906, p. 469, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 25. 

 Depth of body 3£ to 4£ times in total length, length of head 3f to 

 4 times. Head deeper than broad; snout a little shorter than eye, 

 which is about 3 times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width. 

 Dorsal III 10-11, originating above base of ventral, situated a little 

 nearer caudal than end of snout, longest ray equal to length of head. 

 Anal HI 8-9. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching root of ventral. 



Fig. 214. 



Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer 

 than deep. Scales 38-40 A 4 between lateral line and root of ventral. 

 Olive-brown above, yellowish white beneath ; a black lateral band, 

 extending from snout to median i ays of caudal. 



Total length 40 millim. 



Ogowe and Ubanghi. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. One of the types. Ngomo, Ogowe. Bev. E. Haug (0.) ; 



Paris Museum (E.). 



3. NANNOCHARAX FASCIATUS. 



Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 112, pi. iii. fig. A ; Bouleng. Poiss. 

 Bass. Congo, p. 196 (1901)* 



Depth of body 5 to 5| times in total length, length of head 3-f to 4J 

 times. Head as broad as deep ; snout about as long as eye, which is a 

 little more than 3 times in length of head and equals or a little exceeds 

 interorbital width. Dorsal III 9-10, originating above base of ventral, 

 situated at equal distance from end of snout and from caudal, longest 

 ray as long as head. Anal III 7-8. Pectoral as long as head, extending 



