BAGEUS. 



31; 



process long and narrow ; snout not projecting beyond lower jaw, 

 2^ times as long as eye, which is 8 times in length of head and twice in 

 interocular width. Nasal barbel | length of head, maxillary |, outer 

 mandibular |, inner mandibular J. Dorsal I 9, last ray in front of 

 ventral; spine smooth, moderately strong, not ^ length of head. 



Fig. 248. 



Baijrv^ merid'iqnalis. 

 Type, upper view of Iiead. 4. 



Adipose dorsal low, widely separated from rayed dorsal. Anal — "? 

 Ventral much nearer caudal than end of snout. Brown above, white 

 beneath. 



Total length 550 millim. 



Upper Sliiro River. 



1. Type. Upper Shire. A. Wliyte, E.-q. ((!.); 



Sir H. H. Jolmstou (P.). 



7. BAGRUS UBANGENSIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. ^In-. (;onoo, Zool. ii. p. 158, p]. xi. fig. 1 (li)02). 



Depth of body 7 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Head 

 1|- times as long as broad, smooth above; snout broadly rounded, 

 subtruncate, about i length of liead; eye 7 times in length of head, 

 2^ times in interocular width ; occipital process narrow, hardly as long 

 as eye, widely separated from first interneural bone ; mouth f width of 



