12. liAUYXOTTJS. 61 



c. Young, in bad state. Rivor Hooghly. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 



d. Adult : stuffed. Calcutta. From the Collection of the East-India 



Company. 

 e-h. Adult (10-13 inches long) : stufted. India. 



12. BARYNOTUS. 



Scales of small, moderate, or large size; lateral line running 

 along the middle of the side of the tail. Dorsal fin with the third 

 simple ray more or less ossified, and with more than nine branched 

 rays, commencing somewhat in advance of the ventrals. Anal fin 

 very short. Mouth arched, without inner folds or horny covering. 

 Barbels short, four or two. Pseudobranchise present ; gill-rakers 

 short. Pharyngeal teeth 5.3. 2 — 2 .3.5, subconical. 



West Africa ; East Indies. 



1. Barynotus lagensis. 

 D. 13. A. 7-8. L. lat. 24-25. L. transv. 4|-3|. 



The height of the body is contained twice and a half in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head four times and two- 

 thirds. Eye of moderate size, shorter than the snout, and nearly 

 one-fourth of the length of the head. Snout obtuse ; mouth in- 

 ferior, semicircular ; four barbels, the lower being somewhat longer 

 than the upper, and as long as the orbit ; lower jaw with a sharpish 

 margin, without lip. The third dorsal ray is not much stronger 

 than the others, non-serrated, and much longer than the base of 

 the fin or than the head. Origin of the dorsal somewhat nearer 

 to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal. Anal fin 

 narrow, high, extending beyond the root of the caudal, if laid 

 backwards. Caudal fin forked, with the upper lobe a little exceeding 

 the lower in length. The free portion of the tail is as high as long. 

 Pectoral fin longer than the head, and than the ventral, but not 

 reaching the root of the latter. Lateral line indistinct ; there are 

 two series of scales between the lateral line and ventral fin. 

 Coloration uniform bronze ; fins black. 



West Africa. 



a. Twelve inches long. Lagos. Purchased of Mr. H. T. Ussher. 



2. Barynotus microlepis. 



Capoeta microlepis, Bh-ck. Xat Tt/dsclir. Xed. Lid. ii. p. 20(5. 

 Cvclocheilichthys (Siaja) microlepis, Blcek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 371; or 

 'Atl. IcUhyol Cypr. p. 85, pi. 27. fig. 3. 



D. 18-20. A. 7-8. L. lat. 56. L. transv. 10/9. 



Dorsal spine long, slender, finely serrated. A short barbel at 



the angle of the mouth. There are five and a half longitudinal 



series of scales between the lateral line and ventral fin. The height 



of the body is contained thrice and two- thirds in tlie total length 



