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border of eye and from root of caudal, above middle of anal, acutely 

 pointed behind, longest ray.f length of head (males). Anal 13, pointed 

 like the dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, reaching base of ventral ; 

 latter small, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. 

 Caudal rounded, with one of the upper rays produced into a short 

 filament in the male. Caudal peduncle lj times as long as deep. 

 30-31 scales in longitudinal series, 20-22 round body in front of 

 ventrals ; lateral-line pits very indistinct or absent. Pale olive above, 

 yellowish, white beneath ; carmine spots forming 3 or 4 regular longi- 

 tudinal series on each side, separated by olive streaks or confluent into 



Fis. 46. 



IlaplocltiTus striatus. 

 o , type. f. 



as many longitudinal bands ; fins greyish, dorsal and anal edged with 

 carmine and with a carmine median streak in the male ; caudal spotted 

 with carmine and with a carmine and white streak above and below. 



Total length 40 millira. 



Ogowe and Portuguese Congo. 



1-4. Types. Abanga R., Ogowe, between 1st Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



and 2nd rapids. 

 5. Ad. Lundo, Luali P., Portuguese „ 



Congo. 



22. HAPLOCHILUS SPILAUCHEN. 

 Pwcilia spilaucliena, A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. 18f)9, p. 258, pi. xxii. firr. 6. 

 Apochellichthys typus, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 11C, 



pi. xxiv. fig. 1. 

 Pcecilia hensonii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 395. 

 Haplocldlus spilauchen, Guntli. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 312 (1864) ; Steind. Sitzb. Alt. 



Wien, lxi. i. 1870, p. 558, and Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 75 ; Bouleng. 



Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 345 (1901) ; Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, x. 1904, p. 223 ; 



Gerlach, Bl. Aq. Terr. 1911, p. 722, fig. 

 HdplocUUchthys spilauchen, part., Garm. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. xix. 1895, 



p. 157. 



Depth of body 3 to 4 times in total length, length of head 3£ to 3f 

 times. Head flat above; snout broad, rounded, as long as or a little 

 shorter than eye ; mouth terminal, jaws equal in front or upper slightly 



