128 CYPEINID.^. 



pectoral, the second in front of vertical of dorsal, the third behind the 

 vertical of dorsal, the fourth at base of caudal; fins whitish. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Kavalli R., Bukoba, Upper Ituri (Congo System). — Type in Berlin 

 Museum. 



117. BARBUS LATIGEPS. 



Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. 2, 1893, p. 38, pi. i. fig. 4, and Thierw. 

 O.-Afr., Fische, p. 57 (1896). 



Fig. 105. 



Barhiis laticeps. 

 Type, after Pfeffer {I. c). 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. 

 Snout a little shorter than eye, which is 3J times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width twice in length of head ; mouth terminal ; lips rather 

 thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, 

 which is IJ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and 

 from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, serrated, 

 as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral' not 

 reaching ventral; base of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle \\ times as long as deep. Scales 28 p, 3 between lateral line 

 and ventral. Silvery, back brownish. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Wami River, German East Africa.— Types in Berlin Museum. 



118. BARBUS SEXRADIATUS, i<p. n. 

 Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^ times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, slightly longer, than eye, which is 4 times in length 

 of head; interorbital width 2^ times in length of head; mouth 

 small, termiral ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, 

 posterior a little longer than anterior and \\ diameters of eye. 



