440 



SILURIDJE. 



spine strongly curved, a little shorter than head, smooth in front, 

 serrated behind. Adipose dorsal shorter than head, its distance from 

 rayed dorsal less than base of latter. Anal III 8. Pectoral spine a 

 little shorter than head, strongly serrated on both sides. Ventral not 

 reaching anal. Caudal moderately forked. Uniform reddish brown 

 (bleached ]). 



Total length 144 millim. 



French Congo. — Type in Paris Museum. 



Fie. 330. 



32. SYNODONTIS ANGELICUS. 



Schilth. Tijdscnr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. 87 ; Vaill. N. Arch. Mus. 

 (3) viii. 1896, p. 141, & vii. pi. xiv. fig. 1 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 311 (1901). 



Depth of body 3^ to 4-| times in 

 total length, length of head 3J to 3§ 

 times. Head as long as broad or 

 a little longer than broad, feebly 

 rugose above; snout rounded, ]^ to 

 1-| times as long as postocular part 

 of head ; eye supero-lateral, i\ to 

 5| times in length of head, 14 to 2 



Si/nodontis ani/elicus. 

 French Congo, after Yaillant (I. c). 4. 



times in interorbital width; lips moderately developed ; pramaxillary 

 teeth forming a short and broad band ; movable mandibular teeth about 

 J diameter of eye, 30 to 35 in number. Maxillary barbel without 



