CITHAR1NUS. 



295 



to f 



at least as long as head. Adipose fin much longer than deep, its base 

 its distance from dorsal. Anal 25-29 (3-4 unbranched), 

 pointed, anterior rays produced. Pectoral about f length of head, 

 reaching, or nearly reaching, ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 



Fig. 225. 



Citkarinus maerolepis. 

 Type (A. M. C). ±. 



as long as deep or a little lonjrer. Scales 55-60 t^y|, 10-12 between 

 lateral line and root of ventral. Silvery, bluish grey on the back. 



Total length 750 millim. 



Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. ITgr., one of the types. Boma, Lower Congo. M. P. Delhez (C). 



2. Ad., „ Cataracts of Manyanga. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



3. 4. Ad. Monsembe, Upper Congo. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



4. CITIIARINUS LATUS. 



Milll. & Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. i. p. 9 (1845); Steind. Sitz. Ak. Wien, lxi. i. 1870, 

 p. 539; Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 42(1896); Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 Congo, Zool. i. p. 93 (1899), and Fish. Nile, p. 15(3, pi. xxvi. (1907). 



Depth of body If to 2 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 

 times. Head 1^ to 2 times as long as broad, its upper profile more or 

 less concave ; snout as long as or slightly longer than eye in adult, 

 shorter in young, projecting slightly beyond mouth ; diameter of eye 

 "3" (y oun g) to i\ times in length of head ; a narrow adipose lid in front 

 of and behind eye ; interorbital width 2y to 2\ times in length of head. 



