FRESH-WATER FISHES OF LIBERIA—SCHULTZ 323 
Genus BARBUS Cuvier and Cloquet 
Barbus Cuvier and CLoQuet, Dict. Nat., ed. 2, vol. 4, Suppl., p. 4, 1816. 
BARBUS FLOMOI, new species 
PLATE 36, FIGURE 1 
Holotype.—U.S.N.M. No. 118737, 56.5 mm. standard length, col- 
lected near Bellyella, March 23-380, 1940, by Dr. Mann. 
Paratypes.—U.S.N.M. No. 118738, 23 specimens, 27 to 60 mm. 
standard length, same collection data as the type. 
Description —Based on the holotype and 23 paratypes listed above. 
All proportional measurements expressed in hundredths of the 
standard length, those for the holotype first, followed by detailed 
measurements of a paratype. Total length 73.2; 50.8 mm. Standard 
length 56.5; 39.0 mm. Length of head 27.3; 27.4; length of snout 8.5; 
9.0; greatest depth of body 29.9; 32.0; diameter of eye 6.4; 7.7; width 
of interorbital space 10.6; 10.5; postorbital length of head 14.5; 15.1; 
least preorbital or distance from eye to lower edge of preorbital 
above rear of maxillary 3.6; 3.6; distance from tip of snout to rear of 
maxillary 9.0; 8.5; length of anterior barbel 7.2;-7.4; length of 
posterior barbel 9.7; 11.0; length of caudal peduncle or distance from 
rear base of last anal ray to midbase of caudal fin 22.1; 24.3; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 14.9; 14.1; distance from snout to origin 
of dorsal 51.6; 51.0; snout to origin of anal 74.4; 69.8; snout to in- 
sertion of pelvics 50.0; 47.2; length of longest ray of dorsal 22.3 ; 24.3; 
length of longest ray of pelvic 17.0; 18.5; length of longest ray of 
pectoral 19.3; 20.8; length of longest ray of anal 16.3; 16.9; length of 
longest ray of caudal 28.1; 30.8. 
The following counts were made: Gill rakers on one paratype were 
2+4 or 5; scale rows crossing lateral line 26; 26; 25; 26; scales 
above lateral line 314; 314; and below lateral line 214; 214; scales 
around caudal peduncle always 12; scales in front of dorsal fin 
always 10; dorsal rays iii, 8; i111, 8; 111, 8; ili, 8; 111, 8; ili, 8; iu, 8; 
iii, 7; anal rays always ili, 5; pectoral rays 15; 16; pelvic rays always 
8; pharyngeal teeth 5: 3:2 or 2:3: 5. 
This new species has a somewhat compressed body; radiately 
striated scales; complete lateral line; two pair of barbels; the simple 
rays of the dorsal fin not bony, not enlarged or denticulate; absence 
of parallel lines of pores on the head; insertion of pelvic fins under 
or a very, very little in front of origin of the dorsal fin; pharyngeal 
teeth are 5:3:2; dorsal rays iii, 8, rarely ili, 7; anal iii, 5; the 
suborbitals are expanded, the bone below the rear of eye covering 
about 24 of the cheek, and the suborbital bone below front of eye 
about 14 the width of the posterior bone below rear of eye; the 
