242 



SILTJE1D,E. 



Pig. 200. 



Anal 56-62, narrowly separated from caudal. Pectoral £ length of 



head, the spine smooth and -f the length of the fin. Ventral a little 



nearer end of snout than root of caudal. 



Caudal \ length of head. Dark brown 



above, brownish white beneath ; anal 



with a light edge ; caudal with dark 



bars. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Upper Congo, South Cameroon. 



1. Type. 

 2-3. ITgr. 



Clarias jolatycephalus; 

 Type (A. M. C). $'. 



Monsembe, Upper Congo. 

 Kribi R., S. Cameroon. 



Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Fig. 201 . 



12. CLARIAS JAENSIS, sp. n. 



Depth of body 6 to 6^ times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. 



Head 1^ to ly times as long as broad, 

 smooth or very feebly granulate above ; 

 occipital process obtusely pointed ; frontal 

 fontanelle sole-shaped, ^ to ^ length of 

 head; occipital fontanelle small, in advance 

 of occipital process ; eye very small, 3 to 



Cl.ar 



•ias jaensis. 



Type. 



4J times in length of snout, 6 to 8 times in interorbital width, 



