VAEICOEHINTTS. 



359 



of head ; a minute barbel, hidden in folds at side of mouth. Dorsal 

 IV 8-9, equally distant from anterior or posterior border of eye and 

 from caudal, last simple ray very strong, bony, smooth, nearly as long as 

 head; border of fin emarginate. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral, which is below anterior 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long 



Fig. 270. 



Varicorhinus tanganicce. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). |. 



as deep. Scales 64-70 lif^f, 9-10 between lateral line and root of 

 ventral, 32-34 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, each scale darker 

 at the base, silvery white beneath. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



North end of L. Tanganyika. 



1-2. Types 

 3. Skel. 

 4-5. Hgr. 



Niamkolo. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 

 Dr. W. A. Cunnington (0.). 



