EUTEOPIUS. 



283 



but slightly stronger than that of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep, 

 brown, back darker. 



Fig. 231. 



Caudal deeply forked 

 Body and fins uniform 



Eutropius banguetensis. 



Type. 



Total length 300 millim. 

 Lake Bangwelu. 



1. Ad. 



L. Bangwelu. 



F. H. MellanJ, Esq. (P.). 



3. EUTROPIUS NILOTICUS. 



Uypopldhalmus hiloticus, Riipp. Beschr. n. Fisclie Nil, p. 6, pi. i. fig. 1 (1829). 



Chilbc zerege, Rifaud, Voy. Egypte, pi. cxciv. no. 4 (1830). 



Schilbe hasselquistii, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xiv. p. 377 (1839). 



Bagrus schilbeoides, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 389. 



Bagrus adansonii, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 391, pi. ccccxiv. 



Eutropius niloticus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 52 (1864), and Petherick's Trav. ii. 



p. 225 (18(39) ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 30G, pi. lv. fig. 1 (1907). 

 Eutropius ohtusirostris, Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 53. 

 Eutropius adansonii, Giinth. Cat. t. c. p. 54 ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 



1870, p. 985, pi. v. 

 Eutropius altijrinnis, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 57, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3 to 4f times in total length, length of head 5 to 6 

 times. Head 1^ to If times as long as broad ; snout broad, projecting 

 slightly beyond mouth, as long as or a little longer than eye in adult, a 



