270 cypbinid^e. 



anterior border of the eye ; suborbital bones covering the greater part of the cheek. 

 Gill-rakers moderately long, 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal fin with 

 II 7 rays, its origin corresponding to or slightly in advance of that of the anal, nearly 

 twice as far from the end of the snout as from the base of the caudal fin ; the first 

 branched ray longest, about two-thirds the length of the head. Anal fin with 

 II 15-16 rays, the first branched ray as long as is the dorsal. Pectoral fin acutely 

 pointed, a little shorter than the head, not extending to the root of the ventral. 

 Caudal fin deeply forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales without 

 distinct striae, 48-52 -\^, 1 between the lateral line and the root of the ventral, 

 16 round the caudal peduncle. 



Yellowish brown above, silvery on the sides ; caudal fin bright yellow, the other fins 

 white or greyish. 



This species has been discovered in Kavirondo Bay by M. Alluaud, and described 

 by Dr. Pellegrin. The particulars of two specimens, obtained from the Paris Museum, 

 are given in the table (p. 269), together with those of several examples of the closely 

 allied N. bottegi and of the type of N. minuta. Specimens were also obtained at 

 Bunjako by Mr. Degen in November 1905. 



The following names have been bestowed by Cuvier and Valenciennes (Hist. Poiss. 

 xvii. p. 353) on unpublished coloured sketches by Rifaud, which may be referable to 

 Barilivs or to Neobola : — Leuciscus gille, L. bisarre, L. cir. 



