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SC1.ENID-E. 



1. OTOLITHUS SENEGALEXSIS. 

 Cuv. & V:il. Hist. Poiss. ix. p. 476 (1833) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 1869, 



p. 687, pi. vi., and Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 17 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. 



Congo, p. 385 (1901). 

 P ' seudotolithus typus, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Ges. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 59, 



pi. xv. fig. 1. 



Depth of body i\ to i\ times in total length, length of head 3§ to 3§ 

 times ; upper profile between snout and dorsal fin nearly straight. Lower 

 jaw projecting a little beyond upper; snout a little longer than eye, 

 which is 5| to 6^ times in length of head and nearly equals interocular 

 width ; maxillary extending to or a little beyond vertical of posterior 



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Otolithns senrgalensis. 

 Senegal, after Steindaclmer (J. c). %. 



border of eye ; head covered with scales, except on the lips, which are 

 rather strongly developed. Gill-rakers nearly as long as gill-laminae, 

 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsals IX-X, I 27-30, continuous 

 or subcontinuous ; first spine extremely short, third longest, a little 

 more than -| length of head ; longest soft rays hardly ^ length of head. 

 Anal II 7-8, originating under middle of second dorsal; spines short. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal lanceolate. 50-60 scales 

 in longitudinal series. Silvery, olive or greenish on the back ; dark 

 streaks along the oblique series of scales on the back and sides ; 

 spinous dorsal greyish. 



Total length 350 millim. 



West Coast of Africa, from the Senegal to the Congo, entering 

 rivers. — Type in Paris Museum. 

 1. Ad. P. Bonny. J. Wood, Esq. (P>>. 



