THE AVEST COAST OF LAKE TANGANYIKA. 



401 



peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath ; a large dark brown 

 spot on the gill-cover. 



Text-fio-ure 7. 



Harhnf! euehUus, witli lower view of anterior part of liead in same {a) 

 and in B. niioch'dnft {h). 



Total length 80 mm, 

 A single specimen from Tumbwe. 



Yery closely allied to B. caudointtatus Blgr., from the Ubanghi, 

 but eye smaller and lips more developed. 



Barbus miochilus. 



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

 Snout rounded, 5 length of head ; eye 4 times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior, with sharpish edge, 

 its width 3 1 times in length of head; lips moderate, lower 

 restricted to the sides ; two barbels on each side, anterior 5 

 diameter of eye, posterior i to f. Dorsal IV 10, equally distant 

 from centre of eye and from root of caudal ; border concave ; last 

 simple ray not enlarged, articulated nearly to the base, smooth, 

 a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral | length of head, not I'eaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle I5 to l?j times as long- 

 as deep. Scales longitudinally sti-iated, 25-26 ^^, 2 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, 

 •whitish beneath ; a large dark-brown spot on the gill-cover. 

 Male with very small round nuptial tubercles on the snout and 

 larger ones on the lower surface of the head. 



Total length 85 mm. 



Four specimens from Tumbwe. 



Closely resembles the preceding, but distinguished by the 

 character of the lips and the shape of the mouth. 



