CTPKINID.E. UTS 



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

 origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 27 ||, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round 

 caudal peduncle ; lateral line incomplete, on the first 10 scales. 

 Brownish, with traces of a small black spot at the base of the 

 caudal fin. 



Total length 45 millim. 



Kikulo R., French Guinea. — Type in Paris Museum. 



Allied to B. salessii, but scales more numerous. 



183 c(. BARBUS LEONENSIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xv. 19];"), p. 203. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of 



Fig. 1G7. 



Barhits leoiiensis. 

 Type. X 2. 



head and a little less than interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal, 

 with feebly developed lips ; no barbels. Dorsal III 7, equally distant 

 from posterior border of eye and from caudal, border straight; last 

 simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, slightly shorter than head. Anal 

 III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral shorter than head, not reaching 

 ventral ; latter below origin of dorsal. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 



4- 



1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 21-23 gf, 2 between 

 lateral line series and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line 

 present only in front, reduced to 7 tubules. Yellow, with black dots 

 on the borders of the dorsal scales ; a black spot on the dorsal fin and 

 another at the base of the caudal. 



Total length 21 millim. 



Sierra Leone. 

 1-2. Types. Maka. N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



Closely allied to B. jw. 

 VOL. IV. 'i' 



