BAKBUS. 



103 



width 3^ to 4 times in length of head, lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper; lips well-developed, lower interrupted on the chin ; barbels two 

 on each side, anterior f to f diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye or 

 slightly shorter. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from eye and from 

 caudal, border concave ; last simple ray feeble, not stronger than those 

 following, I length of head. Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 



I'V. SI. 





^^^^ 





Barhtis pror/em/s. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1903). |. 



f to I length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of hitter slightly 

 posterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long 

 as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-35 jrji, 2 J between lateral 

 line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the 

 back, dorsal and lateral scales brown at the base ; dorsal blackish 

 distally or with an ill-defined dark band across the middle ; other fins 

 whitish, anal sometimes edged with blackish. 



Total length 180 millim, 



Kribi River, South Cameroon. 

 ]. Type. Krilii River. G. L. J^atcs. Em|. {().). 



2-5. Ad. ,, ,, 



G. .Skcl. 



91. BARBUS TUIMACULATUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. (583, and Reise Mossanib. iv. p. 55, j)!. xi. fio-. 4 



(1808) ; Giiiilh. Cat. Fish. vii. pp. lOG & 4«3 (I8(;8), aiul Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1893, p. G19 ; SteinJ. Sit/.b. Ak. Wien, ciii. i. 1894, p. 4o2 ; M. Weber, 



Zool. Jaliri)., Syst. x. 1897, p. 151. 

 Biivhii,-^ lirei}''ii. M. A\ ('her, t. c. [>. 151. 



