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least twice as long as eye in adult ; eye 4 (young) to 8 times in length 

 of head ; interorbital width about 3 times in length of head ; mouth 

 extending to below centre or posterior border of eye ; no barbels ; naked 

 space between praeoperculum and suborbitals about ^ width of third 

 suborbital. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal III 9-10, originating midway between occiput and caudal, 

 posterior third above anal ; anterior rays longest, about § length of head. 

 Anal III 16-17, strongly notched, with produced anterior lobe, longest 

 rays § to f length of head (shorter in young). Pectoral pointed, about 

 f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal 

 peduncle 2 to 2\ times as long as deep. Scales with numerous radiating 



134—14— 



striae, 80-88 ~ 8i % 5 between lateral line and ventral, 26-28 round 

 caudal peduncle. Males with small conical nuptial tubercles (or their 

 scars) on snout and anal fin, and, very crowded, on lower jaw. Silvery, 

 olive on the back ; no markings ; fins brown. 



Total length 470 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1,2. Skins, types. L. Nyassa. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



3. Ad. „ Prof. J. E. S. Moore (0.). 



4-6. Ad. „ Capt. E. L. Rboades (P.). 



7-14. Yg. Between Kondowe and Karonga. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.I. 



9. ENGRAULICYPRIS *. 



Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1803, p. 626. 



Neohola, Vincig. Ann. Mns. Genova, (2) xv. 1895, p. 56 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1903, ii. p. 332, and Fish. Nile, p. 268 (1907). 



Body strongly compressed, but belly not keeled, covered with mode- 

 rately large scales. Lateral line low down, following the ventral outline 

 of the body and running along the lower part of the caudal peduncle. 

 Mouth moderate or large, oblique, without lips ; no barbels. Suborbitals 

 large, covering the cheek. Gill-membranes narrowly united to the 

 isthmus. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 9 to 11 rays, 7 or 8 of 

 which are branched, originating above or slightly before or behind the 

 vertical of the origin of the anal. Anal fin with 13 to 20 rays. A scaly 

 process at the base of the ventral fin. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, 

 in two series (3, 5 — 5, 3). 



Nile and Eastern parts of Tropical Africa. 



* This genus has appeared under the name of NeohoJa in the synopsis of the genera as 

 given in the first volume, p. 300. 



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