. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ).Cairo. Dr. Riippell ((.). Near Cairo. L. Loat, Esq. (0.). Kawa, White Nile. „ Goz abn Gnmali, White Nile. „ Grharh-el-Aish, „ „ Fashoda, „ ,, Near Kerro, ,, Mouth ot Lid<e No, „Bahr-el-Gebel. Nile. Capt. S. Flower (P.). 2. POLYPTERUS LAPRADII. Steind. Siteb. Ak. Wien, lix. i. 1869, p. 103, pi. i. figs. 1 & 2, and pi. ii. figs. 1 & 2 ; Boulong. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ii. 1898, p. 418 ; Budgett, Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soe. x. 1900, p. 236 ; Bouleng. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 1*3, pi. x. figs. 1 & 2. He


. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ).Cairo. Dr. Riippell ((.). Near Cairo. L. Loat, Esq. (0.). Kawa, White Nile. „ Goz abn Gnmali, White Nile. „ Grharh-el-Aish, „ „ Fashoda, „ ,, Near Kerro, ,, Mouth ot Lid<e No, „Bahr-el-Gebel. Nile. Capt. S. Flower (P.). 2. POLYPTERUS LAPRADII. Steind. Siteb. Ak. Wien, lix. i. 1869, p. 103, pi. i. figs. 1 & 2, and pi. ii. figs. 1 & 2 ; Boulong. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ii. 1898, p. 418 ; Budgett, Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soe. x. 1900, p. 236 ; Bouleng. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 1*3, pi. x. figs. 1 & 2. Head rather strongly depressed, If to 2| times as long as broad, its S length 4£ to 5| times in total length ; lower jaw projecting a littlebeyond snout; eye supero-lateral, its diameter 8 (young) to 12 times inlength of head, 2 to 3J times in width of interorbital region, which isquite flat and not less than the distance from eye to spiracle ; all head-shields paired; a series of 4 to 6 shields between postorbital and Fie. 4. tSpSSjgSvS tfe^S^.


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