BARILIUS.— EXGEAULICYPKIS. 209 



least twice as long as eye in adult ; eye 4 (young) to 8 times in length 



of head ; interorbital width about 3 times in length of head ; mouth 



extending to below centre or posterior border of eye ; no barbels ; naked 



space between praeoperculum and suborbitals about J width of third 



suborbital. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal III 9-10, originating midway between occiput and caudal, 



posterior third above anal ; anterior rays longest, about f length of head. 



Anal III 16-17, strongly notched, with produced anterior lobe, longest 



rays f to f length of head (shorter in young). Pectoral pointed, about 



J length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal 



peduncle 2 to 2^ times as long as deep. Scales with numerous radiatinj^ 



striae, 80-88 -%-^, 5 between lateral line and ventral, 26-28 round 



caudal peduncle. Males with small conical nuptial tubercles (or their 



scars) on snout and anal fin, and, very crowded, on lower jaw. Silvery, 



olive on the back ; no markings ; tins brown. 



Total length 470 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 



1, 2. Skin?, types. L. Nyassa. Sir J. Kirl> (P.). 



:5. All. „ Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



4-i;. A<1. „ Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



7-14. Yo. Between Koiulovve amf Karonga'. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.l. 



9. ENGRAULICYPRIS *. 

 Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 626. 



Neohola^ Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xv. 1895, p. 56 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1903, ii. p. 332, and Fish. Nile, p. 2^>i (1907). 



Body strongly compressed, but belly not keeled, covered with mode- 

 rately large scales. Lateral line low down, following the ventral outline 

 of the body and running along the lower part of the caudal peduncle. 

 Mouth moderate or large, oblique, without lips ; no barbels. Suborbitals 

 large, covering the cheek. Gill-membranes narrowly united to the 

 isthmus. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 9 to 11 rays, 7 or 8 of 

 which are branched, originating above or slightly before or behind the 

 vertical of the origin of the anal. Anal fin with 13 to 20 rays. A scaly 

 process at the base of the ventral fin. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, 

 iu two series (3, 5 — 5, 3). 



Nile and Eastern parts of Tropical Africa. 



* This genus has appeared under the name of Neohola in the synopsis of the genera as 

 given in the first volume, p. 300. 



