BARBUS. 



185 



brown ; a large round black spot on each side behind the gill-opening, 

 another at the root of the caudal, and 3 to 8 dark vertical bars between 

 them ; a small blackish spot at the origin of the dorsal fin. 



Total length 38 millim. 



South Cameroon. 



Ja R. at Bitye. 



1-3. Types. 



4-13. Ad. & hgr 

 14-16. Ad. 

 17-19. Ad. 

 20-25. Ad. 

 2()-30. Ad. 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Bumba R. at Assobain. 

 Kribi R. near Efiilen. 

 Ziina Country. 

 Nyong R. 



184. BARBUS STIGMATOPYGUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 533, and Fish. Nile, p. 258, 

 pi. xlviii. fig. 8 (1907). 



Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 3^ times 

 in total length. Snout rounded, much shorter than eye, which is 3 times 

 in length of head and a little less than interorbital width ; mouth small, 

 terminal; lips feebly developed; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally 

 distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple 

 ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long or nearly as long as head. Anal 

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

 or nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle H to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately 



Fig. 163. 



Barbiis stifjmatoi^ngus. 

 Type (F. N.). 



striated, 22-25 ||i|i, 1^ between lateral line series and ventral, 9-11 

 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line reduced to 3-6 tubules. Yellowish 

 with silvery sheen ; a small round black spot at the base of the caudal 

 and another at the base of the anal ; one or two black spots often present 

 on the middle line of the side. 



Total length 24 millim. 

 White Nile. 

 1-7. T^pcs. 



Lake No. 



L. Loat, E.>r]. (C). 



