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long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from eye and from root of 

 caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, nearly 

 straight, | (to IJ times) length of head Anal HE 5, not reaching 

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



Fig. 13. 



Barhus occidentalis. 

 Type. 



below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle a little longer than 

 deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 27(-28) ||, 2-J- between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark green above, silvery 

 white below; anal and caudal orange, other fins colourless. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Ogun River, Lagos ; Upper Niger *. 

 1. Yg., type. Ogun R. at Aro, near Abeokuta. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



13. BARBUS LOBOGENYS. 



Barhus {Laheoharhus) nedgia (non Riipp.), Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 



1888, p. 78. 

 Barhus Ivhogenys, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 190C, p. 435, and Fish. 

 , Nile, p. 210, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1 (1907). 



Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 3J to 

 A\ times in total length. Snout rounded, projecting considerably 

 beyond mouth, 2f to 3 times in length of head ; eye 3| (young) to 5J 

 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 3 times ; mouth 



* Since describing this Barbus from a young specimen, I have received, from 

 Mr. C. H. Firmin, a photograph of a larger fish obtained by him at Jebba, Upper Niger, 

 which evidently pertains to the same species. The few points in which it differs from the 

 type are indicated in brackets. 



