. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 78 CYPEINODONTID^. 42. HAPLOCHILUS SINGA. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 113, pi. xlvii. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 34G (1901). Depth of body 4 J times in total length, length of head 3| times. Head flat above; snout broad, as long as eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting a little; eye 3|- times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width ; prseorbital very narrow. Dorsal 8, originating twice as far from eye as from root of caudal, above
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 78 CYPEINODONTID^. 42. HAPLOCHILUS SINGA. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 113, pi. xlvii. fig. 1 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 34G (1901). Depth of body 4 J times in total length, length of head 3| times. Head flat above; snout broad, as long as eye ; mouth directed upwards, lower jaw projecting a little; eye 3|- times in length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width ; prseorbital very narrow. Dorsal 8, originating twice as far from eye as from root of caudal, above last rays of anal, longest rays f length of head in male. Anal 14. Pectoral a little shorter than head, extending a little beyond base of ventral; latter a little nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Caudal forked, upper and lower rays produced in the male. Caudal peduncle hardly longer than deep. 27-28 scales in longitudinal series, 2(1 round body in front Fig. Ilaploclnlus singa. S , type (A. M. C). of ventrals; lateral line represented by a series of pits. Olive-green, most of the scales with a carmine spot; fins greenish yellow, dorsal and caudal with series of carmine dots. Total length 45 millim. Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Ad. Boma. Dr. J. W. Todd (P.). 2-3. Ad. Lindi R. M. M. Storms (C.) ; Museum (P.). 5. PROCATOPUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. 11. (7) xiv. 1901, p. 20. Teeth unicuspid, in a band, outer largest. Lower jaw projecting a little beyond upper. Body strongly compressed throughout; scales rather large, smooth, exposed surface regularly hexagonal, more than twice as deep as long on the middle lateral series. Dorsal fin shorter and originating further back than anal; latter with 14-17 rays. Ventral fins far forward, almost below the base of the pecto:als, whicli are inserted very high up the sides. Vertebra^ 21.)-o0. A single Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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