CTPRINID.E. 



233 



Total lcnf,'tli 530 millim. 



Chiloango System aud Ja River (Congo System). 

 1. Type. Loango IL at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2-5. Types. Lnali H. at Biico Zau. » 



(■)-10. Types. Leliuzi K. at Bouia Voiule. „ 



11. A.l. Ja U., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Uisthiguislicd from L'. Irapji by the more prominent snout and the 

 broader interorbital roirinn. 



Fig. l-iO. 





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Jiarlius curdozol. 

 Type (A. M. C). h 



Ud. BARBUS BOYUr. 



I'oiilcng. t. e. p. 13, pi. \xi. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 5 to 4 times in total 

 length. Head twice as long as broad; snout subncuminatc, projectmg 

 strongly beyond mouth, 2^ to 2| times in length of head, ending in a 

 rounded lobe which tokls over the upper lip ; eye -i (young) to 6i times 

 in length of head ; lips extremely developed, lower forming on the chin 

 a huge rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1 (young) to 

 li diameters of eye, posterior 1 ^- to 2 times. Dorsal III 9, equally 

 distant from anterior or posterior border of eye and from camlal, border 

 very concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, h to f length 

 of head. Anal III 5, usually reaching caudal. Pectoral | to | length of 

 head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below anterior branched 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 2 limes as long as deep. Scales 



