444 



1-4. Types. 

 5-6. Ad. 

 7. Ad. 



Libi R., affl. of Ja R. 

 Ja R. at Efayong. 

 Ja R. at Esamesa. 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



35. SYNODONTIS ORNATIPINNIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. Ill, pi. xliii. fig. 2 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 321 (1901). 



Depth of body 4^ to 4§ times in total length, length of head 3 J to 3f 

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

 the eyes ; snout obtusely pointed, If or 2 times as long as postocular part 

 of head ; eye supero-lateral, 4 to 4g- times in length of head, 1^ to If 



Fig. 333. 



Synodontis ornatipiwnis. 

 Type (A. M. C). ft. 



times in interorbital width ; lips moderately developed ; prgeraaxillary 

 teeth forming a short and broad band; movable mandibular teeth 

 hardly \ diameter of eye, 20 to 26 in number. Maxillary barbel broadly 

 margined at base, a little longer than head, reaching middle or posterior 

 third of pectoral spine ; mandibular barbels with short tubercular 

 branches, outer a little more than twice as long as inner. Gill-opening 



