66 CYPKINODONTIDJE. 



often with a fine blackish lateral line ; dorsal and caudal colourless, the 

 latter edged with red above and beneath in the male ; other fins yellow. 



Total length 33 millim. 



Egypt. 



1-8. Types. Near Lake Marcotis. 0. H. Schoeller, Esq. (P.). 



9-48, 49-58. Ad. Ghet-el-Nassara, L. Men- L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 & hgr. zaleh. 



59. Ad. Birket Karun, Fayum. Dr. W. A. Ourmington and 



Dr. C. L. Boulenger (P.). 



27. HAPLOCHILUS MOERDENSIS. 

 Bouleng. Rev. Zool. Afr. iii. 1914, p. 447. 



Depth of body 4-£ to 4| times in total length, length of head ?>\ to 

 3| times. Head flat above ; snout very short, shorter than eye ; mouth 



Fig. 52. 



.-, ... — 



Haj)7oc7iilus moeruensis. 

 Type, x If. 



directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye 2^ to 2§ times in length of 

 head, as long as postorbital part of head, about 1^ times in interorbital 

 width ; praeorbital about \ diameter of eye. Dorsal 7-8, originating 

 about \\ times as far from eye as from root of caudal, above middle of 

 anal; longest ray about \ length of head. Anal 14-16. Pectoral 

 about § length of head, extending to base of ventral ; latter small, much 

 nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, a little 

 longer than head. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 26-28 

 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round body in front of ventrals ; no 

 lateral-line pits. Yellowish, top of head and back, and borders of the 

 scales speckled with dark brown ; fins whitish. 



Total length 34 millim. 



Lake Mweru. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1-6. Types. L. Mweru at Kilug. Dr. L. Steppers (0.). 



7-11. Types. L. Mweru at Nkole. ,. 



