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TEAVELS m CENTEAL AFEICA. 
Bagrus docmac, Forsk. {Docmac.) 
D. 1/9. A. 13. P.1/10—11. V. 6. 
The length of the head is contained thrice and three- fourths in 
the total. Head broader than high^ its greatest width being two- 
thirds or three-quarters of its length. Snout spatulate^ one-third 
of the length of the head. The upper jaw is slightly the longer. 
The maxillary barbel very long^ extending to the origin or to the 
middle of the adipose fin. Head and nape covered with soft skin. 
Dorsal spine not serrated_, of moderate strength^ its length being two- 
fifths of that of the head. The adipose fin commences at a short 
distance from the dorsal^ and is nearly twice as long as the latter, 
and lower than the hinder part of the tail. Caudal deeply forked. 
Pectoral spine denticulated along its inner side, as strong as, but 
rather shorter than, the dorsal spine. The pectoral fin extends to 
the vertical from the first or second soft dorsal ray ; ventral inserted 
immediately behind the dorsal fin. 
Probably not inferior in size to the Bayad. 
Chrysichthys. 
Body scaleless : similar in form to the Bayad. An adipose fin 
of moderate length ; a short dorsal fin with a pungent spine and 
with six soft rays; anal fin short, with less than twenty rays. 
