CTPEINID^. 



233 



Total length 530 millim. 



Chiloango System and Ja Eiver (Congo System). 



1- Type. Loango R. at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2-5. Types. Lnali R. at Buco Zau. „ 



6-10. Types. Lebuzi R. at Boma Vonde. „ 



11- Ad. Ja R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Distinguished from B. krapfi by the more prominent snout and the 

 broader interorbital region. 



Yis. UQ. 



Barhus curdozoi. 

 Type (A. M. C). i- 



34 d. BARBUS ROYLII. 

 Bouleng. t. c. p. 13, pi. xxi. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3f to 4 times in total 

 length. Head twice as long as broad; snout subacuminate, projecting 

 strongly beyond mouth, 2| to 2f times in length of head, ending in a 

 rounded lobe which folds over the upper lip; eye 4 (young) to 6J times 

 in length of head ; lips extremely developed, lower forming on the chin 

 a large rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1 (young) to 

 1^ diameters of eye, posterior 1|- to 2 times. Dorsal 111 9, equally 

 distant from anterior or posterior border of eye and from caudal, border 

 very concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, ^ to § length 

 of head. Anal III 5, usually reaching caudal. Pectoral | to f length of 

 head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below anterior branched 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales 



