SYNODONTIS. 



421 



shorter than head, striated, smooth in front, strongly serrated behind. 

 Adipose dorsal 5 to 6 times as long as deep, 2 to 3 times as long as its 

 distance from rayed dorsal. Anal III-IV 6-7, pointed in front. 

 Pectoral spine nearly as long as head, smooth or feebly serrated on outer 

 border, strongly on inner. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal deeply 

 notched. Caudal peduncle longer than deep. Pale reddish brown 



Fig. 316. 



Synodontis multipunctatus. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). |. 



above, covered with round blackish spots, which are smaller on the head 

 than on the body ; uniform white beneath ; ventrals and anal yellow ; 

 dorsal and caudal broadly edged with yellow. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Sumba. Prof. .). E. S. Moore (C). 



2. Ad. Kalambo. 



3-4. Ad. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



17. SYNODONTIS VICTORIA. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 438, and Fish. Nile, p. 363, 

 pi. lxvii. fig. 1 (1907). 



Depth of body 4 to 4| times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 

 times. Head 1^ times as long as broad, granulate above from between 

 the eyes ; snout rounded, as long as postocular part of head ; eye 

 supero-lateral, 5-J to 6 times in length of head, 2^ to 21 times in width 



