. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. oO yellowish beneatli, with numerous, rather large carmine spots disposed irregularly; dorsal fin Avith small round purple spots ; anal and caudal with large purple markings, which may form streaks in the^ direction of the rays. Female yellowish, the scales of the upper parts edged FiK. lajic. c? & ? > types, with olive-brown; small red or orange spots sometimes present on the sides; dorsal, anal, and caudal with small purplish-brown s


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. oO yellowish beneatli, with numerous, rather large carmine spots disposed irregularly; dorsal fin Avith small round purple spots ; anal and caudal with large purple markings, which may form streaks in the^ direction of the rays. Female yellowish, the scales of the upper parts edged FiK. lajic. c? & ? > types, with olive-brown; small red or orange spots sometimes present on the sides; dorsal, anal, and caudal with small purplish-brown spots. Total length 45 millim. Kasai, Congo.—Types in Luxemburg Museum. 1-G. Types. Kondue, Sankun R. M. E. Lnja {V.). i). HAPLOCHILUS HOMALONOTUS. Po'cilia owalonota, A. Duni. Arch. Mus. x. 18t»l, p. 257, pi. xxii. fig. 7. JfajjlocJulus Jiomalonotus, Sauv. Hist. Mudag., Poiss. p». 485, pi. xlvii. fig. 2(1801). Depth of body nearly 5 times in total length, length of head 3^ lo 4 times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, as long as eye; mouth directed upwards; lower jaw strongly projecting; eye 3^ to 4 times in length of head ; pneorbital very narrow. Dorsal 11, originating twice as far from head as from root of caudal, above middle of anal, longest ray about ^ length of head. Anal 14. Pectoral § length of head, reaching ventral; latter ecjually distant from end of snout and from root of caudal. Caudal rounded, shorter than head. Caudal peduncle not longer than deep. 28 scales in longitudinal series. Uniform reddish brown. Total length 95 millim. Nossi Be, Madagascar.—Types in Paris Museum. 10. HAPLOCHILUS NUCHIMACULATUS. FivcUia micJi'nnaciiIata, Guichen. Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherb. xii. 186G, p. 144. IlaplochHiis niic/iiinactilatiis, Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 48G, pi. xli. B. fig. 1 (1891). Depth of body about 4 times in total length, length of head 3 J Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanc


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