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Show 1896.] FISHES M A D E BY DR. A. D. SMITH. 221 shorter than the eye, in a very narrow band. The maxillary reach to the end of the humeral spine and are lined with a narrow membrane interiorly. Mandibulary barbels reaching to the root of the pectoral, provided with numerous long fringes. Nuchal carapace tectiform, obtusely rounded behind, its end reaching to below the first soft dorsal ray. Humeral spine not quite extending so far backward, much longer than high, with its upper margin deeply excised, terminating in a sharp point. Adipose fin rather long, the interspace between it and the dorsal being less than the base of the latter. Dorsal spine serrated anteriorly, shorter than the pectoral spine, which is strongly serrated along both edges and equal to the distance of the foremost part of the soft part of the trunk from the snout. Dorsal and pectoral spines and the caudal lobes produced iuto filaments. Coloration uniform. D. 1/7. A. 11. P. 1/9. A single specimen, 30 cm. long, was obtained on Jan. 19, 1895, at Geledi on the Shebeli. This fish is closely allied to S. serratus, but sufficiently distinguished by the different form and outline of the cephalic carapace. 8. SYNODONTIS SCHAL, Bl. Schn. As the specimen in the collection differs in some respects from the typical form, I give a description of it. Fig. 3. D. 1/7. A. 12. P. 1/9. Rather stout in general habit; snout comparatively broad ; diameter of the orbit two fifths of the length of the snout, and of |
