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SILUEID.E. 



latter. Anal III 5. Pectoral nearly as long as head, extending a little 

 beyond root of ventral; spine slender, not serrated. Caudal rather 

 deeply notched, lower lobe the longer. Caudal peduncle twice as long 

 as deep. Brownish ; fins whitish ; two transverse series of brown spots 

 on the dorsal and several oblique series of brown spots on the caudal. 



Total length 55 millim. 



Ubanghi. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



2. LEPTOGLANIS ROTUNDICEPS. 

 Gephyroglanis rotundiceps, Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 412. 



Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Head moderately depressed, slightly longer than broad ; snout broadly 

 rounded, half length of head ; eye 4^ to 5 times in length of head, a 

 little less than interocular width ; posterior nostril nearer eye than 

 end of snout ; maxillary extending to below posterior nostril ; maxillary 



Fig. 273. 



Leptoglanis rotundiceps. 



Type. 



x:.'. 



barbel about f length of head, outer mandibular f, inner mandibular \; 

 occipital process narrow, nearly reaching interneural plate. Dorsal I 5, 

 very near head ; spine not serrated, about § length of head. Adipose 

 dorsal low, about lj times as long as rayed dorsal, shorter than its 

 distance from latter. Anal III 8-9. Pectoral nearly as long as head, 

 not reaching ventral ; spine stout, strongly serrated on inner side. 

 Caudal feebly notched. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Pale 

 brownish above, with round darker spots. 



Total length 37 millim. 



Bubu River, Masailand. -—Types in Berlin Museum. 

 1-5. Types. Bubu R. at Irangi. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



