BARBUS. 



155 



lips thin ; two barbels on each side, nearly equal, as long as eye. 

 Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border 

 straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than 

 head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. 



Fig. 131. 



Barhus humeraUs. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 

 25-26 U, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. 

 Yellowish, each scale of the upper parts blackish at the base ; a black 

 vertical bar behind the gill-opening ; fins white. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Ubanghi. — Type in Congo Museum, Telvueren. 

 I. One of the types. Yembe R. at Banzyville. ('apt. Uoyaiix (('.). 



150. BARB US RADTATUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1853, p. 783, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 5G, pi. x. fig. 3 



(1868). 



Fiff. 132. 



Barhus radiatus. 

 Type, after Peters (Reise Mossamb.). 



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

 Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and 

 equals interorbital width ; mouth inferior ; two barbels on each side, 



