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peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 29 ^, 2i between lateral line and ventral. 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, brownish on the back, each scale dark at the base; dorsal and 

 caudal grey, other fins yellowish. 



Total length 66 miilim. 



Itiu-i River, Congo. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



Apparently allied to B. wurtzi, but mouth terminal and barbels 

 longer. 



89 a. BARBUS MALACANTHUS. 

 Pappenh. Mitth. Zoo). Muff. Berl. v. 1911, p. 516, fig. 



Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head nearly 

 3i times. Snout rounded, 2f times in length of head, eye 4^ times, 

 interorbital width 3|- times; mouth inferior, its width 4f times in 

 length of head ; lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior § diameter of eye, posterior -^V Dorsal III 9, equally distant 

 from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple my 

 ossified only at the base, longer than head. Anal III 5, reaching root 

 of caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter 

 inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as 

 deep. Scales 28 jf, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery grey, each scale darker at the base ; belly yellowish ; 

 fins greyish black. 



'J'otal length 150 miilim. 



Rio Benito, Spanish Guinea. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



Allied to B. altidorsalis, but barbels longer. 



89 5. BARBUS NASUTUS. 

 VancorJunus nasutiis, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, 



p. 477. 

 Barhus nasittus, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. A£r. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 396, fig. 



Depth of body 3|- times in total length, length of head 4z^ times. 

 Snout pointed and prominent, 3 times diameter of eye and a little 

 shorter than postocular portion of head; eye 7 times iu length of head 

 and ?)^ times in interorbital width ; width of mouth 2^ times in length 

 of head ; lips moderately developed, lower restricted to the sides ; lower 

 jaw with a sharp edge ; a pointed rostral flap overlapping symphysis of 

 upper jaw ; a double row of papilhT3 behind premaxillary ; two barbels 



