CLARIAS. 



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blackish above, uniform or marbled with lighter, white or greyish 

 beneath ; vertical fins dark, often with a yellowish edge ; usually a more 

 or less distinct dark band on each side of the lower surface of the head ; 

 young specimens often with a dark bar, edged with yellowish in front 

 and behind, across the caudal fin ; black spots sometimes present on 

 the caudal fin. 



Total length 1170 millim. 



Syria, Nile, Senegal to Congo. — Types in Paris Museum. 



Alex. Russell, Esq. (C). 



Canon Tristram ((J.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



1. Type of 



Orontes. 



C. orontis. 





2-4,5. Ad.&hgr. 



L. of Galilee. 



6-7. Yg. 



Near Ghet-el-Nassara, 





L. Menzaleh. 



8-9. Ad. & hgr. 



Bahr-el-Tawilah, near 





L. Menzaleb. 



10-13. Ad. 



Near Damietta. 



14. Skel. 



53 55 



15-17. Hgr. & yg. 



Nile near Cairo. 



18. Skel. 



53 53 55 



19. Hgr. 



Giza, near Cairo. 



20-25. Ad.&hgr. 



Beni Souef, Fayum. 



2(3. Skel. 



5) 55 55 



27. Ad. 



Birket Karun, „ 



28. Ad. 



55 35 !> 



29-32. Hgr. 



Bahr Selah, Fayum. 



33-35. Yg. 



Bahr Tamiyeh, Fayum. 



36. Hgr. 



Between Abu Tig and Assiut. 



37-38. Hgr. & yg. 



Assiut. 



39-41. Hgr. & yg. 



Nile at Luxor. 



42-44. Yg. 



Near Luxor. 



45-54. Yg. 



Between Luxor and Assuan. 



55-59. Hgr. & yg. 



Assuan. 



60-61. Ad. 



Id. of Arko, Nubia. 



62, 63-64. Types of 



Khartum. 



C. inacracanthus. 





65, 66-68. Hgr. & 



35 



yg- 





69-70. Hgr. 



Karkoj, Blue Nile. 



71. Hgr. 



Fashoda, White Nile. 



72-74. Yg. 



Gharb-el-Aish, „ 



75. Ad. 



Bahr Zeraf. 



Dr. Ruppell (C). 

 Capt. S. Flower (P.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington and 

 C. L. Boulenger, Esq. (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Capt. S. Flower (P.). 



