?)4: Mr. G. A. Binileiiger on 



tlie chill ; barbels two on eacli side, anterior 1^, posterior 2 

 diameters of eye, the distance between them about I diameter 

 of eye. Dorsal III 8, last simple ray flexitjle, not enlarged, 

 as h ng as or slightly sliorter than the head ; free edge of the 

 fin straight or very slightly concave; its distance from the 

 occiput less than its distance from the caudal fin. Anal III 5, 

 longest ray § length of head. Pectoral ^ or g lengtlj of head, 

 not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 

 25-28 f^, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 10 or 12 

 round caudal peduncle. Back brownish, sides and belly 

 silvery, the scales of the lateral line and sometimes the series 

 above it with a dark bar at the base ; three round or oval 

 black spots on each side, the first anterior to the vertical of 

 the base of dorsal fin and above the lateral line, the second 

 just behind the vertical of the dorsal fin and bordered below 

 by the lateral line, the third at the base of the caudal fin and 

 traversed by the lateral line ; fins white, without spots. 



Total length 70 mm. 



Gold Coast J Liberia. 



I have examined numerous specimens, collected by the 

 late Mr. R. B. N. Walker and identified by Dr. Gunther. 



Uarbus caivptacanthus. 



Punt ills (Biirhodes) camptacanthus, Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Vet. Haarlem, 

 xviii. 18(;3, uo. 2, p. Ill, pi. xxiii. lig. 2; Sauvage, N. Arch. Mus. 

 (2) iii. 1880, p. 48, pi. iii. tig. 2. 



Barhns caviptacanthus, Giinth. Cat. Fbh. vii. p. 134 (1808). 



Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of 

 head 3^ to 4 times. Snout rounded, longer than the eye in 

 the adult, as long as the eye in the youi g; diameter of eye 

 3-^ (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 

 2^ to 2\ times; mouth infeiior, its width about \ length of 

 head ; lips moderately developed, interrupted on the chin ; 

 barbels two on each side, equal in length, I to 1^ times 

 diameter of eye, which equals the distance between them. 

 Dor.<al 111 8, last simple ray flexible, not enlarg;'d, i to ^ 

 lengtii of head ; free edge of the fin slightly emargiiiate ; its 

 distance from the occiput a little less than its distance from 

 the caudal fin. Anal III 5, longest ray t length of head. 

 Pectoral | to f length of head, not reaching ventral; latter 

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal j)ed uncle 11 to \h 

 times as long as deep. Scales 21-25 ^^T*'^, 2i-3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal pedunele. 



Recently preserved sj)ecinn.ns, of which a number were 



