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long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from eye and from root of 

 caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, nearly 

 straight, f (to 1J times) length of head Anal III 5, not reaching 

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



Fig. 13. 



Barhus occidentalis. 

 Type. 



below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle a little longer than 

 deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 27(-28) |f, 2\ between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark green above, silvery 

 white below ; anal and caudal orange, other fins colourless. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Ogun River, Lagos ; Upper Niger *. 

 1. Yg., type. Ogun R. at Aro, near Abeokuta. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



13. BARBUS LOBOGENYS. 

 Barbus (Labeobarbus) nedgia (non Riipp.), Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 



1888, p. 78. 

 Barbus hbogenys, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 435, and Fish. 

 Nile, p. 210, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1 (1907). 

 Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 3J to 

 4 1 times in total length. Snout rounded, projecting considerably 

 beyond mouth, 2| to 3 times in length of head; eye 3| (young) to 5J 

 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 3 times ; mouth 



* Since describing this Barbus from a young specimen, I have received, from 

 Mr. C. H. Firmin, a photograph of a larger fish obtained by him at Jebba, Upper Niger, 

 which evidently pertains to the same species. The few points in which it differs from the 

 type are indicated in brackets. 



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