358 



SILUKID.E. 



a little nearer eye than end of snout ; maxillary barbel f to f length of 

 head, reaching or nearly reaching posterior border of head ; outer 

 mandibular barbel f to § length of head, inner about f . Gill-rakers 

 moderately long, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, 

 much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, 

 about twice as long as rayed dorsal, its length about f to f its distance 

 from latter. Anal III 6. Pectoral nearly as long as head. Ventral a 

 little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal with 

 crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Brownish above, uniform or spotted or marbled with darker ; dorsal and 

 caudal more or less distinctly spotted with brown. 



Total length 85 millim. 



East Africa, westwards to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa. 



1-4. Types. Sierra Leone (?). 



5. Hg-r. Bnbu Pi., German E. Africa. 



6-7. Ad. Marshes near Mbeti, L. Tan- 



ganyika. 



8-9. Ad. Between Kondowe and Ka- 



ronga, L. Nyassa. 

 10-12. Hgr. & yg. It. Ruo, Brit. 0. Africa. 



Dr. A. Gunther (P.). 

 Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 

 Prof. J. E.S.Moore (C). 



A. Whyte, Esq. (C); 

 Sir H.H.Johnston (P.). 



5. AMPHILIUS HARGERI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 488. 



Fig. 278. 



Amphilius liurgcri. 

 Type. (. 



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

 Head much depressed, slightly longer than broad ; snout broadly 

 rounded, nearly \ length of head; eye very small, 9 times in length of 



