BARILIUS. 197 



and suborbitals equal to width of second suborbital, the posterior border 

 of which is below posterior third of eye. Gill-rakers few and short. 

 Dorsal 111 8, originatini^ midway between occiput and root of caudal, 

 its last ray above origin of anal ; anterior rays longest, f length of head. 

 Anal III 13, anterior rays longest, as long as dorsals. Pectoral pointed, 

 as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral. Caudal 

 forked. Caudal i)eduncle If times as long as deep. Scales with 

 radiating strii^, 40-41 yf, 1^ between lateral line and ventral, 14 round 

 caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath; a series of 7 to 13 

 round blackish spots along each side of back. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Lower Congo. — Types in Luxemburg Museum. 



1-2. Types. Sunkuan 11. (Kasai) at Kondue. M. Luja (C.) ; 



Luxemburg Museum (P.). 



5. BAllILIUS STEINDACHNERI. 



Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1D08, p. 208, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (D) x. 1908, 

 p. 131, %. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 4j times in total length. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, not projecting beyond 

 mouth, as long as eye or interorbital width, 3^ to 3f times in length of 

 head ; mouth extending to below posterior third of eye ; no barbels ; 

 suborbital bones nearly entirely covering the cheek, the second narrow 

 and extending to below posterior border of eye. Gill-rakers few and 

 short. ]3orsal III 8-9, originating at equal distance from eye and from 

 root of caudal, last ray above origin of anal ; first branched ray longest, 

 f length of head. Anal III 11-13, first branched ray nearly as long as 

 longest ray of dorsal. Pectoral pointed, | to f length of head, not 

 reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as 



7- 



deep. Scales with radiating striae, 38-41 ^, 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back ; 10 

 to 12 vertical bluish-grey bars on each side ; fins orange. 



Total length 90 millim, 



French Guinea, — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. One of the types, Mamu Lake (Cuba R.), near Dr. Wurtz (C.) ; 



Timbo, 1400 ft. Paris Museum (E.). 



