ENGKAULICYPftlS. 211 



10-11, longest ray about f length of head. Pectoral obtusely pointed, 

 -f length of head, widely separated from ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal 



7— 



peduncle 2\ to 3 times as long as deep. Scales 48-52 of, 1 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, steel-blue 

 on the back ; fins white. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire. 



1. Type. Upper Shire. Dr. Livingstone (C.) ; 



Earl Russell (P.). 

 2-3. Types of E. p'mgvis. L. Nyassa- J. A. Williams, Esq. (C). 



4-13. Ad. & hgr. „ Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



2. ENGRAULICYPRIS BREVIANALIS. 



Neobola brevianalis, Bouleng. Ann. Natal Mus. i. 1908, p. 231, fig. 



Depth of body about 4J times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout obtuse, not projecting 

 beyond mouth, shorter than eye, which is 3 or 3J times in length of 

 head and equals interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior 

 third of eye; suborbital bones covering greater part of cheek. Gill- 

 rakers moderately long, about 15 on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal II 7, its origin slightly in advance of that of anal ; its distance 

 from end of snout 2| times its distance from caudal ; first branched ray 

 longest, about § length of head. Anal II 12-13. Pectoral acutely 



Fig. 185. 



Emjraulicijpr is brevianalis. 

 Type (Ann. Natal Mus.). x 2. 



pointed, as long as head, reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle 1§ times as long as deep. Scales 50-52 -§/, 1 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with a 

 silvery lateral band ; fins white. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Zululand, Transvaal. 



1. Type. Mkuzi R., Zululand. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



2-4. Ad. & hgr. Devaars R., Trausvaal. Dr. J. D. F. GilcLrist (P.). 



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