80 



CYPKINODONTIDJE. 



32. Ad. 



Bendi District, Cross R., Old 





Calabar. 



33-34. Ad. & 



Asaba, Lower Niger. 



hgr. 

 35. Hgr. 



River flowing into the Niger 



Major W. A. C. Cockburn (P.). 

 A. E. Kitson, Esq. (P.). 

 Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



below Asaba. 



6. LAMPRICHTHYS. 



Regan, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vii. 1911, p. 325. 

 Mohanga, Bouleng. op. cit. viii. 1911, p. 261. 



Teeth unicuspid, unequal in size, forming a band which is exposed 

 when the mouth is closed. Upper jaw projecting a little beyond lower. 

 Body strongly compressed throughout ; scales moderately large, finely 

 ctenoid. Dorsal much shorter than anal, which is produced far forward 

 and contains 27-30 rays. Pectorals inserted rather high up. Ventrals 

 a short distance behind vertical of base of pectorals. Vertebra? 41. 



A single species. 



1. LAMPRICHTHYS TANGANICANUS. 

 Hajdocldlus tanganicanus, Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 25, pi. vi. fig. 3, 



and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 347 (1901) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cxx. i. 1911, 



p. 1181. 

 Molianga tanganicana, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 2G1. 



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

 5 times. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly shorter than eye, which 



Fisr. 67. 



v: .- VK ;■»-.<!■; \ 





Lamjorichtliys tanganicanus. 

 Mpala. 



is 3 to 3§ times in length of head and 1| to 1^ times in interorbital 

 width ; prseorbital about ^ diameter of eye, covered with strongly 

 ctenoid scales. Dorsal 13-16, originating at equal distance from head 



