Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. VZ. 3 



9. Barbus miolepis, Blgr. 



1094 and 14 others. Petauke. December 27, 1905. 



This species was originally described (Ann. Mus. 

 Congo, Zool., vol. 2, p. 31, pi. 9, fig. i, 1902) from a single 

 specimen from the Yembe River (Ubanghi). 



"In the Petauke stream amongst the mountains. 

 Native name ' Kolwela.' " 



10. Barilius neavii, sp. n. 



1092 and 10 others. Petauke. December 27, 1905. 



Depth of body 3! to 4^ times in the total length, 

 length of head 3! to 4 times. Snout obtusely pointed, 

 longer than the eye, which is 4 to 4-J times in length of 

 head ; mouth extending to below anterior third or centre 

 of eye ; no barbels. Dorsal II 9 — 10, with straight or 

 convex upper border, nearly equally distant from the 

 head and from the root of the caudal fin ; longest ray 

 § to f length of head. Anal III — IV 11 — 12, with 

 produced anterior lobe, originating below middle of 

 dorsal ; longest ray f to ■§ length of head. Pectoral § to f 

 length of head, reaching or nearly reaching root of 

 ventral. Caudal fin deeply forked, lower lobe longer than 

 upper. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2\ times as long as deep. 



7 1 

 Sq. 42 — 45 ^-|, 3 between lateral line and ventral. Silvery, 



brownish on the back ; 8 or 9 blackish bars, or pairs of 

 bars on each side ; the membrane between some or all of 

 the dorsal and anal rays black. 



Total length 60 to no millimetres. 



Distinguished from the closely allied B. zambesensis, 

 Peters, by the longer eye, the presence of 3 series of scales 

 between the lateral line and the ventral, the larger size, 

 and the coloration. 



"Eleven specimens from a mountain stream near 

 Petauke, December 27, 1905. Native name, ' Mlenga.' " 



