SYNODONTIS. 



415 



12. SYNODONTIS ZAMBESENSIS. 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 682 ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 214 (1864) ; Peters, 

 Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 31, pi. v. figs. 2 & 3 (1868) ; Vaill. N. Arch. Mus. (3) 

 viii. 1896, p. 126 ; Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 37 (1896) ; Bouleng. 

 Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 314 (1901). 



Synodontis gambiensis, part., Gunth. & Playf. Fish. Zanzib. p. 115, pi. xvii. fig. 1 

 (1866) ; Vaill. t. c. p. 155. 



? Synodontis zanzibaricus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1868, p. 600 ; Vaill. t. c. p. 157. 



Synodontis pundulatus, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 71, and 1896, p. 223 ; 

 Vaill; t. c. p. 138. 



Synodontis zambezensis rukwaensis, Hilgend. & Pappenh. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. 

 Berl. 1903, p. 267. 



Synodontis nyassce, Keilhack, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908, p. 168. 



Fig. 312. 



Synodontis zambesensis. 

 T3'pe, after Peters (Eeise Mossamb.). 



Depth of body 3-f to 5 times in total length, length of head 8^ to 4 

 times. Head 1-| to If times as long as broad, rugose above behind 

 snout, which is rounded and as long as or slightly longer than postocular 

 part of head ; eye supero-lateral, 4 (young) to 7 times in length of head, 

 1\ to 3 times in interorbital width ; lips moderately developed ; prse- 

 maxillary teeth forming a short and broad band ; movable mandibular 

 teeth not more than about \ diameter of eye, 20 to 35 in number. 

 Maxillary barbel with a narrow marginal membrane at base, 1 to lg- 

 times length of head, reaching between anterior fourth and posterior 

 third of pectoral spine ; outer mandibular barbel about twice as long as 



