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CIPRINID.E. 



G. BARILIUS ZAMBESENSTS. 



Leuciscus zamhesensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 682. 



Opsaridio7i zamb^zense, Peters, op. cit. 1853, p. 783, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 58, 



pi. xi. fig. 5 (1808). 

 BarHixs zamhezeims, Giiiith. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 292 (1868). 



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

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, scarcely projecting 

 beyond mouth, as long as or shorter than eye, which is 8^ to 4 times in 

 length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below 



Fiff. 173. 



Barilms zamhesensis. 

 Type, after Peters (Reise Mossamb.). 



anterior third or centre of eye; no barbels; suborbitals nearly entirely 

 covering the cheek. Gill-rakers few and very short. Dorsal TI-III 9-10, 

 originating midway between eye and caudal, posterior third above anal; 

 anterior rays hmgest, about § length of head. Anal III 10-11, anterior 

 rays as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral pointed, f to f length of head, 

 not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long 



7- 



as deep. Scales with radiating strite, 41-43 3!, 2 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery white, back green; 

 lins yellowish. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Zambesi. — Types in Berlin Museum. 

 1-3. Types. Zambesi. ProF. W. Peters (P.). 



7. BARILIUS WEYNSII. 



Boulong. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 104 (1899), & p. 135, pi. xlviii. fig. 5 

 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 232 (1901). 



Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4j times. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout pointed, scarcely projecting beyond 

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

 head; mouth extending to below centre of eye; no barbels; naked 



