Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Kneria from anterior border or centre of eye and from root of caudal, longestray f length of head. Anal III 6, a little nearer root of caudal thanroot of ventrals. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal deeplyforked. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. 100-105 scalesin lateral line. Uniform brownish, the lateral line darker. Total length 55 millim. German East Africa. 1-3. Types. Uzaramo, between the coast and Usagara. Capt. Speke (P.). 3. KNERIA CAMERONENSIS, sp. a littl
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Kneria from anterior border or centre of eye and from root of caudal, longestray f length of head. Anal III 6, a little nearer root of caudal thanroot of ventrals. Pectoral a little shorter than head. Caudal deeplyforked. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. 100-105 scalesin lateral line. Uniform brownish, the lateral line darker. Total length 55 millim. German East Africa. 1-3. Types. Uzaramo, between the coast and Usagara. Capt. Speke (P.). 3. KNERIA CAMERONENSIS, sp. a little depressed in front, its depth 7 to 9 times in total broader than deep, about once and \ as long as broad, its length FiK. Kneria 4^ to 5 times in total length ; snout as long as postocular part of head;eye supero-lateral, 4| to 5 times in length of head ; interorbital width 172 KNEKIIDJE. f length of head. Dorsal II 8, originating above ventrals and at equaldistance from eye and from root of caudal, longest ray about § length ofhead. Anal III 6, twice as distant from root of ventrals as from rootof caudal. Pectoral as long as head. Caudal deeply forked, withpointed lobes. Caudal peduncle about once and f- as long as scales in lateral line. Yellowish olive above, spotted or marbledwith brown, pale yellow below ; a brown lateral band; a black dot atbase of ventral; caudal spotted with black, the lower lobe sometimesnearly entirely black. Total length 75 millim. South Cameroon. 1-8. Ad. & hgr., types. Ja River (Congo System). G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 9- Skel. The following genus is provisionally referred to this family :— 2. XENOPOMATICHTHYS. Xenopomicldliys, Pellegr. Bul
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