208 



CYPitlNID.E. 



snout very pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, 1^ diameters of eye, 

 which is 5J times in length of head ; interorbital width 3J times in 

 length of bead ; mouth extending to below posterior border of eye ; no 

 barbels; naked space between prseoperculu m and suborbitals about J 

 width of third suborbital. Gill-rakers short, 10 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal III 10, originating midway between occiput and caudal, 

 posterior third above anal ; anterior rays longest, a little more than ^ 

 length of head. Anal III 17, strongly notched, with rounded anterior 

 lobe, longest rays § length of head. Pectoral pointed, f length of head, 

 not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle a little over 



13- 



twice as long as deep. Scales with numerous radiating striae, 82 ^^, 

 4 between lateral line and ventral, 26 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, 

 olive on the back; 10 or 17 blackish vertical bars on each side of the 

 body. 



Total length 260 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 

 1. Type. North end of Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



17. BARILIUS MfCROLEPIS. 



Pelotroplnis microle]ns, Giiiith. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 314, and Out. Fish. vli. 



p. 320, fig. (1868). 

 Banlius microlepis, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 102 (1809). 



Fi-. 183. 



Barillas microlepis. 

 L. Nyassa. \. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 3 Mo 4 

 times. Head twice as long as broad, with nearly straight upper profile ; 

 snout pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, as long as eye in young, ai 



