6 SJOSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 5. 



a) 37 scales in lat. line; dorsal III, 9 B. jacksoni. 



b) 2529 III, 7 B. hindii. 

 III. Last simple ray of dorsal not enlarged and not serrated. 



a) dorsal IV, 9, anal III, 6 B. pcujensteclieri. 



b) dorsal III, 8, anal III, 5, lat. line 30 B. lineumuculatus. 



c) dorsal III, 7, anal III 5. 



1) 35 36 scales in lat. line B. amphigramma. 



2) 30 B. usambarce. 



As probably several more species of Barbua are to be found in this district this 

 table is certainly not sufficient but only of preliminary use. 



Fam. Sillll'idie. 

 Chinas mossamhirus PETERS. 



Cl<iri<i Httixxtiittliicii* PETERS. Reise nach Mozambique. Zool. IV Flussfische p. '.VI. 



Taf. VI Berlin 1868. 



7 specimens collected the 30th of July 1905 in the small lakes at Meru. 



This species as well as Cl. robecchii VINCIGUERRA (= Cl. micropthalmus PFEFFER) 

 have been recorded from German East Africa before. The latter species is recognized 

 by its less granulated head, smaller eyes etc. 



The colour of the living specimens was very dark slaty, lighter below, the eyes 

 blackish brown. The small shallow lakes and stagnant pools in which they lived had 

 muddy bottom and brown water, and were surrounded by woods, grass and Scirpus grew 

 at the shores. The fishes rose to the surface emitting bubbles of air and producing a 

 noticeable smacking sound. 



The meat of the fish was fat like that of eel. The fishes bite readily at the hook 

 and were caught on a long line with hooks stretched over a small bay. They took the 

 bait best just after sunrise and just before sunset. 



Ampliilins gramlis BOULENGER. 

 Ainplu'lin* (jrandis BOULENGER Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, Vol. I p. 63 



3 specimens from Kibonoto, Fugga River. Aug. 1905. 



These specimens measure from 118 to 164 mm. The length of the type-specimen 

 was 180 mm. The species was discovered from the Chania River of Tetse, Tana system 

 in cold water, at an altitude of 7,000 feet in the Kenya district, British East Africa. 

 When describing this species BOULENGER has given a key 1 to the seven species of the 

 genus Amphilius. Two more of the same have been found in East Africa viz. A. pla- 

 tijchir GUNTHER from the region between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyassa, and .4. 

 uranoscopus PFEFFER" from Ushanda and Mhonda, German East Africa. 



1 Proc. /ool. Soc. 1905. Vol. 1. Part. 1. 

 - Thimvdt Ust Africa*. 



