CTPKINID-E. 



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peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitiidinally striated, 

 20 '^i 2h between lateral line and ventral, lli ronnd caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, brownish on the back, each scale dark at the base; dorsal and 

 caudal grey, other fins yellowish. 



Total length GO niiljini. 



Ituri River, Congo. — Type in IJerlin Museum. 



Apparently allied to B. iriirfzi, but mouth terminal an<l barbels 

 louijei:. 



'3^ 



80 c(. BAKBl'S MALACANTHUS. 

 Pappenli. j\littli. /oul. 'S\n-. Hcrl. v. I'.M I, [>. ."iK'i. ti;,^. 



Deptli of body 3|- times in total length, length of head nearly 

 3^ times. Snout rounded, 2!-^ times in length of head, eye 4j times, 

 iuterorbital width 3|, times; mouth inferior, its width 4^ times in 

 length of head ; lips moderately developed; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior f diameter of eye, posterior i%. Dorsal HI 9, equally distant 

 from eye and from V(jot of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray 

 ossitied only at the base, longer than head. Anal III -3, reaching root 

 of caudal. Pectoral * length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter 

 inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as 

 deep. Scales 28 :^% 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery grey, eacli scale darker at the base; belly yellowish; 

 fins greyish black. 



'J'otal length 150 millim. 



]iio Benito, Spanish Guinea. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



Allied to 7>'. (ti(((Jo)\s/!h's, but barbels longer. 



89 ft. BARBUS NASUTUS. 

 WirifiirJiiinis iiasuliis, (lilchrist & Tliompson, Ann. & J\I:ig. N. H. (S) viii. I'.'ll, 



p. 477. 

 Inirhiis nasidiis. (iilclirist iV TlKiniiisoii. Ann. S. Al'r. Miis. xi. ISM^, ]>. ill'l), fig. 



Depth of body 0-3 times in total length, length of head 4^ times. 

 Snout pointed and prominent, 3 times diameter of eye and a little 

 shorter than postocular portii)n of head ; eye 7 times in length of head 

 and Zh times in iuterorbital width ; width of mouth 2^ times in length 

 of head ; lips moderately developed, lower restricted to the sides; lower 

 jaw witli a sharp edge ; a pointed rostral flap overlapping symphysis of 

 ujiperjaw; a double row <>!' papiliie beiiiud prcmaxillary ; two barbels 



