296 ADDENDA, VOL. IT. 



12. PHYSAILIA, Blgr. 



1. PHYSAILIA PELLUCID A, Blgr. 

 ' Add:— 



19-20. Hgr. Creek W. of Lagos. Major G. E. Bruce (P.;. 



21. Hgr. Old Calabar. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.) . 



2 a. PHYSAILIA ANSORGII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 557. 



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

 Snout broad, rounded, not projecting beyond mouth, a little shorter than 

 eye ; latter perfectly lateral, 3 times in length of head, and a little less 

 than interocular width, which equals width of mouth. Nasal barbel 

 |- total length, maxillary and mandibular \. Pectoral as long as head, 

 extending beyond root of ventral, spine serrated on inner side. Ventral 

 very small, 2^ times as distant from caudal as from end of snont. Anal 

 60-65, narrowly separated from caudal, which is deeply forked, with 

 pointed lobes. Yellowish, more or less dotted with black, especially on 

 the back and anal fin ; lateral line black. 



Total length 63 millim. 

 . Angola. 

 1. Type. Quanza R. at Cunga. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Intermediate between P. pellucida and P. somalensis; distinguished 

 from the former by longer barbels, from the latter by the serrated 

 pectoral spine. 



3a. PHYSAILIA VILLIERSI. - 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 17, pi. xvii. fig. 6 (1912). 

 ? Physailia occidentalism Pappenli. in Schubotz, Wiss. ErgebD. Deuiscb, Z.-Afr. 

 Exped., Zool. iii. p. 248 (1914). 



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

 ■h\ times. Snout rounded, not extending beyond mouth, shorter than 

 eye, which is perfectly lateral and 2\ (young) to 3 times in length of 

 head and equal or nearly equal to interocular width ; nasal barbel a 

 little shorter than maxillary and mandibulars, which measure \ to -f 

 total length. Gill-rakers long and slender, about 30 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, reaching 

 ventral or a little beyond, spine rather feeble and without serration. 



