PARAILIA. 



03 



0U0 



Total length 80 millim. 



Congo, Niger. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Types. Ebinga R. (L. Leopold II.), M. P. Delhez (C.). 



Upp. Congo. 



3. Skel. 55 si » 



4. Ad. Abo, Niger Delta. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2. PARAILIA LONG1FILIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 37, pi. x. fig. 3 (1902). 



Depth of body 4f to 5^ times in total length, length of head 6 to 7 

 times. Snout rounded, not projecting beyond mouth, half as long as 

 eye, which is 2\ times in length of head and equals interocular in width. 

 Nasal barbel 2 to 2§ times as long as head, maxillary and mandibulars 



Fig. 243. 



Parailia longifilis. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



about 3 times. Gill-rakers long and slender, about 25 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Pectoral a little longer than head, the spine rather 

 feeble, not serrated. Anal 80-90, reaching root of caudal; latter 

 forked. Yellowish, dotted with black; a dark streak along caudal in 

 its upper half. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Upper Congo (Ubanghi). — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Types. Banzyville, Ubanghi. Capt. Royaux (C). 



