68 CYPBIKODONTID^. 



reaching beyond base of ventral ; latter small, nearer end of snout than 

 root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long as head. Caudal peduncle 

 longer than deep. 2o-27 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round body 

 in front of ventrals ; no lateral-line pits. Yellowish, scales edged with 

 brown ; a blackish lateral streak along the lower half of the body, from 



Fig. 54. 



Haplocliilus katangcB. 

 Type. f. 



the pectoral fin to the root of the caudal ; fins uniform greyish, or 

 dorsal and anal with small dark dots at the base. 



Total length 25 millim. 



Katanga. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Types. Lubumbashi R., near Elizabetlrville. M. Poppe (C). 



3-8. Ad. Elizabethville. Dr. L. Stappers (C). 



30. HAPLOCHILUS CABINET. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 264, and Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. 

 ii. 3, p. 21 (1912). 

 Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| to of times in total length. 

 Head flat above ; snout much shorter than eye ; mouth directed 



Fix. 55. 



HaplocJiilus cabindce. 

 Type, f 



upwards, lower jaw slightly projecting ; eye 2§ times in length of head, 

 a little less than interorbital width ; preeorbital f diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal 8-9, originating at equal distance from head and from root of 

 caudal, or nearer latter, above middle of anal; longest rays f length 



