)oC) 



CYPEINIDiE. 



middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle once and J 

 as long as deep. Scales 31 ^, 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, yellow beneath. 



Total length 180 millim. 



Nyong River District, South Cameroon. — Types in Vienna Museum. 



4. VARICORHINUS BESO. 



Varkorliinus beso, Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 21, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1837) ; Bouleng. 



Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. i22, and Fish. Nile, p. 191, pi. xxxiii. 



(1907). 

 Chondrostoma dillonii, Cnv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvii. p. 401 (1844). 

 Laheo varicorhi/ius, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 491. 

 Villonia dillonii, Heckel, Russegger's Reis. Egypt, iii. p. 285 (184G) ; Vincig. 



Ann. Mas. Genova, xviii. 1883, p. G99. 

 Dillonia ahyssinica, Heckel, t. c. p. 329. 

 Si/stomus beso, Heckel, t. c. p. 328. 

 Capoeta dillonii, Giintli. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 81 (18G8) ; Bhuif. Geo). Zool. Abyssin. 



p. 400 (1870). 

 Barbus beso, GUnth. t. c. p. 148. 

 Capoeta beso, Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 291. 



Dvipth of body 3 to 3|- times in total length, length of head 4 to 5 

 times. Snout broad, swollen, its length 2-| to 3^ times in length of 

 head ; eye supero-lateral, its diameter 4 (young) to 6 times iu length of 



Fig. 2G8. 





Varicorhinus beso. 

 Lake Tsana (F. N.). j. 



head ; interorbital region convex, its width 2 to 2-J times in length of 

 head ; mouth wide, its width as great as or a little greater than inter- 



