BARTLTUS. 



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space between pr?eoperculuni and suborbitals very narrow. Gill-rakers 

 very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 8, originating midway between 

 occiput and root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, its posterior third 

 above anal ; anterior rays longest, not quite ^ length of head. Anal 111 

 14-15, similar to dorsal. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as head, not 

 leaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudid peduncle twice as long as 

 deep. Scales with radiating strige, 44-45 p, 1 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, olive on the back. 



Fi.r. 174. 



BarlUus weynsii. 

 Type (A.M. C). 



'J'otal length 95 millim. 



Upper Congo. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. Type. Between New Antwerp and Stanley Falls. ("apt. Weyns (C). 



2. Ad. Banzyville, Ubanghi. (Japt. Royaux ('C). 



8. BAIULIUS NEAVIT. 

 Bouleng. Mem. Manchest. Lit. & Phil. Soc. li. 1907, no. 12, }.. 15. 



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

 times. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, 

 longer than eye, which is 4 to 4^ times in length of head; interorbital 

 \Aidth 3 times in length of head ; mouth extending to below anterior 

 third or centre of eye ; no barbels ; naked space between praeoperculum 

 and suborbitals as broad as second suborbital. Grill-rakers few, rudi- 

 mentary. Dorsal 11 9-10, originating midway between eye and root of 

 caudal, posterior half above anal ; anterior rays longest, f to | length 

 ot head. Anal 111-lV 11-13, with produced anterior lobe, longest ray 

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

 reaching or nearly reaching ventral. Caudal forked, lower lobe longer 

 than upper. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2^ times as long as deep. Scales 

 with radiating striie, 42-45 ^f, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 



