Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . .). 2. PELLONULA Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 546, pi. xxx. fig. 2. Depth of body 4f to 5-|- times in total length, length of head of to 4times. Snout obtusely pointed, as long as eye, which is 3f to 3^ timesin length of head and equals 1^ to If times interorbital width; chinprojecting beyond the snout; maxillary extending to below anteriorborder or anterior fourth of eye; teeth small, the larger confined toanterior extremity of mandible. Gill-rakers long and slender, closelyset, 35-40 on l
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . .). 2. PELLONULA Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 546, pi. xxx. fig. 2. Depth of body 4f to 5-|- times in total length, length of head of to 4times. Snout obtusely pointed, as long as eye, which is 3f to 3^ timesin length of head and equals 1^ to If times interorbital width; chinprojecting beyond the snout; maxillary extending to below anteriorborder or anterior fourth of eye; teeth small, the larger confined toanterior extremity of mandible. Gill-rakers long and slender, closelyset, 35-40 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 15-16, equallydistant from centre or posterior border of eye and from root of caudal; 158 clupeim:. longest rays about | length of head. Anal 16-17, a long way behinddorsal, nearer root of caudal than base of ventrals. Pectoral J- lengthof head, widely separated from ventral. Ventral below anterior thirdor middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudalpeduncle H to If times as long as deep. 45-48 scales in longitudinal Tig. Pellonula (Tr. Z. Soc. 1906). series, 14 in transverse series; 19-20 keeled scutes between isthmusand ventrals, 10-11 between ventrals and anal. Olive above, silverybelow ; an indistinct blue lateral band ; dorsal and caudal greyish. Total length 140 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 1-4. Ad. & hgr., types. Ndanvie. Dr. W. A. On 5. Ad., type. 6. Ad., „7-11. Yg,, types. 12-21. Yg., „22-23. Ad., „ Ndanvie. Tembwi. Vua. Mbete. Niamkolo Island. Kasakalewa. nnington (C). 3. PELLONULA OBTUSIROSTRIS, sp. of body equal to length of head, 4| or 4-g- times in total obtusely pointed, projecting very slightly beyond lower jaw, notquite as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and slightlyexceeds interorbital width ; adipose eyelid feebly developed; maxillaryextending to below anterior third of eye; no strongly enlarged slender, shorter than brachial fil
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