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SOMALILAND 
Asp, or Egyptian Cobra {Naia haie). 
This fine and dangerous snake was occasionally met with. On being 
suddenly surprised, they would retreat to a thorn-bush, and there rear 
themselves up in the well-known fashion, with neck flattened out, and 
hiss loudly. 
Colour above, dark straw ; belly light straw yellow. Length of one killed 
by me, 4 feet 7i inches. 
FISH. 
The Mud-skipper (P. koebrenteri). 
I noticed this extraordinary fish hopping from the sand into the sea as I 
walked along the shore at Berbera. 
The Blue Shark {Carcharias glaucus). 
Common in the harbour at Berbera. Length from 15 to 20 feet. 
The Cromid (Chromis spilurus). 
Found in water-holes near the Webbi Shebeyli and near Sheik Husein, West 
Somaliland. 
Cat-fish (Clarias lazera). 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
{Entropius depressirostris . ) 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
(Synodontis geledensi.) 
Geledi ; Webbi Shebeyli. 
[SynodordL punchdatus.) 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
{Alestes affinis.) 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
The Barbel {Barbus byrni). 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
African Beaked Fish (Mormyrus zambaneizi). 
Geledi ; Webbi Shebeyli. 
( Cyprimodon ha mmonis . ) 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
