70 



CYPKJNID.E. 



Caudal peduncle 1£ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 30 |, 21 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Olive above, lighter beneath. 



Total length 250 millim. 



Burka River (Webi Shebeli), Southern Ethiopia.— Type in Paris 



Museum. 



53. BABBUS BOTTEGI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 563. 



Depth of body 3 to 3§ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ 

 times. Snout rounded, %\ to 3| times in length of head ; eye 4 to 5 



1%. 4s. 



Bctrbu-n botletji. 

 Type. J.' 



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

 forming a broken arch, a feebly curved transverse line in front, its width 

 3^ to 4 times in length of head ; lower jaw with a blunt keel, covered 

 with a fine homy sheath ; lips very feebly developed, coDfmed to the 

 sides; two barbels on each side, anterior lj to ]^ diameters of eye, 

 posterior \\ to 1^. Dorsal IV 9, border emarginate; last simple ray 

 very strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, -§- to f length of head. 

 Anal III 5. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter. Ventral below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated, 28-30 |f, 2-2J between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, dorsal region darker, with 



