184 



CYPRINID.^:. 



Snout rounded, as long as eye, Avhich is about ?)^ times in length of 

 head and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal ; lips feebly 

 developed ; no barbels. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from centre of 

 eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not 

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

 f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1 J to If times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 22-24 gf, 1| between lateral line series and ventral, 

 10 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line extending on 5 to 8 anterior 

 scales only. Yellowish, with a greyish lateral band ; a round black spot 

 at root of caudal. 



Total lengtn 44 millim. 



French Guinea. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. One of the types. Rotuma near Konakry. Dr. Wurtz (C.) ; 



Paris Museum (E.). 



183. BARBUS J^. 

 Bouleiig. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 437. 



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

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

 head ; mouth small, nearly terminal, with feebly developed lips ; no 



Fig. 162. 



Ba7'bi(sja'. 

 Type. X IL 



barbels. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from anterior border 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 

 shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; latter a little behind vertical 

 of origin of dorsal. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 1^ to nearly twice 

 as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 20-23 fjj, 2 between lateral 

 line series and ventral, 8 round caudal pcdnucle. Liiteral line absent or 

 reduced to two or tlirce tubules. Ycllo\\ifeh, the scales ed^od with dark 



