BATHYBATES.— HAPLOTAXODON". 



443 



lj to If times as long as deep. Scales small and very irregular, 90- 

 95 27I3DJ lateral lines 37I39. Brown above, silvery on the sides and 



Fig. 302. 



Balhybates minor. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1906). I. 



below ; spinous dorsal black, white at the base ; a black streak along 

 the middle of the soft dorsal, which is white below the streak. 



Total length 160 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1. Type. Kituta. 



2. Type. Lofu. 

 3-6. Types. Usambura Market. 

 7-13. Yg. Mbete. 



14. Ad. Kilewa Bay. 



15. Skel. Albertville. 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 

 Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 

 Dr. L. Stappers (C). 

 Gapt. Hecq (C). 



18. HAPLOTAXODON. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 565. 



Body elongate, strongly compressed, covered with small ctenoid 

 scales ; two lateral lines, the upper complete. Mouth nearly vertical, 

 directed upwards, with a single series of small, equal, conical teeth. 

 Maxillary exposed at the end. Dorsal with 17 or 18 spines, anal with 3. 

 Occipital and parietal crests strong, extending to between the orbits. 

 Vertebra: 38 (19 + 19). 



Lake Tanganyika. 



