166 CTPRINIDJ^. 



tubercles on side of heacl. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from end or 

 snout or anterior border of eye and from caudal, border concave ; last 

 simple ray ossified and moderately strong, but much thicker than the 

 first branched ray, not serrated, as long as or a little shorter than head. 

 Anal m 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | to J length of head, not 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter a little posterior to origin of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 

 24-27 ^-|^, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Olive-brown above (in spirit), yellow on the sides and below ; 

 a series of black dots on the lateral line, and a black band on each side 

 of the caudal ])eduncle ; fins white. 



Totnl length 120 millim. 



»*South Cfimeroon. 



]. 1^-4. Tv])(>s. Ki-il)i R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



5-<S. Ad. & lio[r. „ • „ 



lf;2. BAHBUS ('AMPTA(^ANTHUS. 



Pinitiiif! ( Barhodes) canijitarantlivs, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, 

 no. 2, J). Ill, j»l. xxiii. fig. 2 ; Sauv. N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 48, pi. iii. 

 fig. 2. 



Barhus camj>faranf/iNs, Giintli. Ci\i. Fish. vii. p. 134 (1868) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. 

 N. H. (7) xviii. 10O6, j). 34. 



Fvntius tJioloiiiami,^, Thoniin. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) x. 1886, p. 164. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, longer than eye in the adult, as long as eye in 

 the young ; eye 3^ (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital 

 width 2^ to 2^ times; mouth inferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each 

 side, equal in length, 1 to IJ times diameter of eye. Small nuptial 

 pearl-like tubercles on side of head. Dorsal III 8, a little nearer occiput 

 than caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple ray flexible, not 

 enlarged, not serrated, f to J length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

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

 latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to H times as 

 long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 21-25 ^% 2|-3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-green 

 above, shading to golden on the sides, and white beneath ; scales of the 

 sides dark at the base, most of those of the lateral line with a black spot 

 at the base ; a more or less distinct dark lateral stripe, usually expanding 



