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length of head, outer mandibular ^, inner \. Mouth ^ to | width of 

 head ; praemaxillary band of teeth curved, 3 to 4 times as long as broad. 

 Dorsal I 7, If to 2 times as deep as long, not reaching adipose fin when 

 folded; spine strong, smooth, § to f length of head; longest soft ray 

 a little shorter than head. Adipose fin about 3 times as long as deep, a 

 little shorter than its distance from the dorsal. Anal 16-17, 11-13 

 rays branched. Pectoral spine a little shorter than dorsal, strongly 

 serrated on inner border. Caudal forked, with obtuse lobes, shorter 

 than the head. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Uniform 

 brownish or green above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 190 millim. 



Orange River System. — Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. 



Fig. 269. 



GepJiyrofflanis sclateri. 

 Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 1901). §. 



1. One of the types. Vaal R., Transvaal. S. African Museum (P.). 



2-3. Ad. & hgr. Vital R. at Standerton, Transvaal. S. Persliouse, Esq. (P.). 



4. Skel. „ „ „ „ 



5. Ad. Mooi R. at Potcliefstroom, Trans- Capt. Stenning (C). 



vaal. 



6. Ad. Mooi R., Transvaal. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



7. Ad. Kraai R., Cape Colony. „ 



