14 CTPRINID.E. 



Sc. :]5-37 ^^, 3-4, 14-lG ; dorsal with 7 

 branched rays ; length of head 3^4 times 

 in total length 109. B. loiigicauda, Blgr., p. 121. 



/9. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 

 Sc. 37 gf, 4, 16 110. B. akakianus, Blgr., p. 122. 



c. Base of ventral below middle of dorsal. 

 Sc. 39-40 ^^, 4, 16 ; anal with 6 branched 



rajs . , 111. B. capensis, A. Smith, p. 123. 



3. 23-32 scales in lateral line, 4|-5^ between origin of dorsal and lateral 

 line. 

 a. Base of ventral entirely or partly in advance of dorsal ; dorsal with 

 7 branched rays (rarely 6). 

 a. Posterior barbel twice as long as eye in adult. 



Sc. 26-30 jf-^, 2i-3, 12 ; base of ventral 



partly in advance of dorsal 112. ^. sernfet\ Blgr., p. 124. 



Sc. 27 rf, 3, 12 ; base of ventral entirelv in 



advance of dorsal 113. B. luntiensls, Blgr., p. 125. 



/3. Posterior barbel not more than 1^ diameters of eye. 

 ■^ Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Sc. 2.5-26 §, 2^, 12-14 114. i?. »uW7iim, Blgr., p. 126. 



** Caudal peduncle H-lf times as long as deep. 



t 28-31 scales in lateral line ; depth of body 3^-4 times in total 

 length. 

 J Dorsal with 7 branched rays. 

 Sc. 28-29 ^, 2^3 ; interoibital width 3 times 

 in length of head ; base of ventral entirely 



in advance of dorsal 115. 5. ansorgii, Blgr., p. 126. 



Sc. 31 jf, 2^; interorbital width 3 times in 

 length of head ; base of ventral partly in 



advance of dorsal 116. B. tdraspilus, Pfeff., p. 127. 



4- . 



Sc. 28 41, 3 ; interorbital width twice in length 



of head ; base of ventral j)artlyin advance 



of dorsal 117. i^. /a/zW/As, Pfeff., p. 128. 



XX Dorsil with 6 branched ravs. 



-> 4- • "^ 



Sc. '2^ ^1, 3 ; base of ventral partly in advance 



of dorsal 118. B.seJ:vadiatnfi,V>\'^Y.,\^.\2%. 



tt 24-28 scales in lateral line ; depth of l)ody 3-3^ times in tot;il 

 length ; base of ventral nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. 

 So. 26 ^li '2\ \ eye 4^ times in length of head ; 



pectoral not (juite reaching ventral . . . 119. B. nahno^ Pfeff., [i. 12!* 



