. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 474 A minix f tin' Hntilli African 1. : HAPLOCHILUS MYAPOSAE, Blgr. Bouleug., Ann. Nat. Mus., i, 1908, pt. 3, p. 232, and Preshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 44, fig. 31 (1915). " Depth of body 4 to 4.| times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, shorter than eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye nearly 3 times iu length of head, H times in interorbital width, as long as or a little shorter than postorbital part of head ; praeorbital
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 474 A minix f tin' Hntilli African 1. : HAPLOCHILUS MYAPOSAE, Blgr. Bouleug., Ann. Nat. Mus., i, 1908, pt. 3, p. 232, and Preshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 44, fig. 31 (1915). " Depth of body 4 to 4.| times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, shorter than eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting ; eye nearly 3 times iu length of head, H times in interorbital width, as long as or a little shorter than postorbital part of head ; praeorbital hardly | diameter of eye. Dorsal 10, originating twice as far from anterior border of eye as from root of caudal, above anterior third of anal, median rays longest, about I length of head. Anal 14-15, rounded like the dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, reaching a little beyond base of ventral ; latter nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal rounded, as long. FIG. 117.— Haplochilus myaposae. Type (Ann. Natal Mus. 1908). as head. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. 27-28 scales in longitudinal series, 16 round body in front veutrals; no lateral-line pits. Pale olive, with darker edges to the scales ; tins greyish. Total length 28 millim. Zululand.—Types in Natal Museum, ; From Myaposa River (Dr. E. Warren). 2. HAPLOCHILUS JOHNSTONII, G-iiuth. Haplochilus jolmxtonii, Giiuth., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1893, p. 627 ; Bouleng., Ann. Natal Mus., i, 1908, p. 220, and Freshw. Fish. Africa, iii, p. 69, fig. 56 (1915). Hapocliilus atrijiiiitnt, Pfeff., Thierw. , Fische, p. 46 (1896) ; Hilgend. and Pappenh., Sitzb. Ores, naturf. Fr., 1903, p. 271. Teeth, outer row enlarged and recurved. Depth of body 4£ to 4T7(j in total length, excluding caudal, length of head 3T9o to 4i times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, shorter than eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting; eye 2£ to 2f times in length of head, a little shorter than postorb
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