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Show 904.J TYPE SPECIMEN OF A WEST AFRICAN FISH. 201 distance from the occipital process | length of head. Anal fin 70. Dorsal and anal fins extending almost to the very root of the caudal, the space separating them fx-onx the latter being less than tlxe diameter of the eye. Pectoral fin nearly f length of head, tlxe spine feebly serrated on the outer side and f'the length of tlxe fin. Ventral fins once and \ as far from the base of the caudal fin as from the end of the snout. Caudal fin a little more than | length of head. Uniform brown in spirit (bleached). Total length 194 millim. Depth of body 20 Length of head 35 Width of head 26 Diameter of eye 3 Interorbital width 17 „ Width of mouth 15 „ Nasal barbel 16 ,, Maxillary barbel 56 ,, Outer mandibular barbel 36 ,, Inner „ „ 21 From end of snout to ventral fins 70 ,, From occiput to dorsal fin 17 ,, Pectoral fin 21 „ Ventral fin 11 „ Caudal fin 20 „ Description taken from three further specimens. Clarias Iceviceps Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 318, pi. v. fig. 2. Clarias kingsleyce Giinther, P. Z. S. 1902, ii. p. 334. Depth of body 8| to 12 times in total length, length of head 5 to 51 times. Head once and ^ to once and L as long as broad, smooth; occipital px-ocess pointed ; frontal fontanelle sole-shaped, at least twice as long as bx-oad ; occipital fontanelle smaller, in advance of occipital px-ocess; eye vex-y small, 3 to 4 times in length of snout, 6 to 7 times in interorbital width, which equals half length of head and a little exceeds width of mouth; band of prsemaxillary teeth 4 to 5 times as long as broad; vomerine teeth conical, forming a curved band which is as broad as or a little narrower than the praemaxillary band; bax-bels modexately thick, ^ to | length of head, maxillary once and | to once and h, outer mandibular once, inner mandibular g. Gill-rakers few, 15 to 20 on first arch. Clavicles concealed under the skin. Dox-sal fin 79-87, its distance from the occipital process | to g" length of head. Anal fin 68-78. Dorsal and anal fins extending almost to tlxe vexy root of the caudal. Pectoral fin |- length of head, the spine feebly serrated on the outer side and | to | the length of the fin. Ventral fin once and g as far from the base of tlxe caudal as fx-om tlxe end of the snout. Caudal fin ^ to | length of head. Uniform dark brown above, light brown beneath, in spirit. Gold Coast.-The largest specimen measures 270 millim. |