104 



CYPEINID.1^. 



Barhus katanya', Bouleiig'. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 132, pi. xlix. fig. 1 (1900), 



and Poiss. Buss. Congo, p. 22^ (1901). 

 Barhus dedpiens, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 492. 



Depth of body 3 to 4 times in total length, length of head 3J to 4j 

 times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye iji adult ; 

 eye 3 to 4J times in length of head, interorbital width 2-| to 2|- times; 

 mouth subinferior, with lips feebly developed and interrupted on chin; 

 two barbels on each side, anterior about as long as eye, posterior 1 to 

 IJ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8 (very rarely 7), nearer occiput than 

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

 nearly straight, or feebly curved, § to once length of head. Anal III 5, 

 not reaching caudal. Pectoral | to f length of head, not reaching 

 ventral ; base of latter below or partly in front of anterior rays of dorsal. 



Eig. 82. 



Barhus trbnaculalas. 

 'J'vpe, tiller Peters (Reise Mossaiub.). 



Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 30-35 (rarely 36) •-^H'j 3-4 between lateral line and ventral, 

 11-16 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery on the sides and 

 below ; three more or less distinct round blackish spots often present 

 on each side, the first and second just above the lateral line, one in 

 front and one behind the vertical of the base of the dorsal, the third at 

 the base of the caudal fin and traversed by the lateral line ; these spots 

 may be absent or reduced to the one at the base of the caudal fin ; fins 

 whitish, without spots. 



Total length 135 niillim. 



Zambesi System to the Transvaal and Zululand ; Southern Angola. — 

 Type in Berlin Museum. 



1-2. Ad. 

 3. Hsr. 



\\. lUio, Brit, Cent. Africa. Sir H, H. Jolniston (B.). 



Between Knndowe and Karongn, ^^ 



L, NA-a^i^u. 



