72 CYPRLXlDJi. 



Total length 190 millim. 



Tana and Lorian Swamp basins, Kenya District, British East Africa. 

 1-2. Types. Mathoiya B., Tana System, S. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 



4000 ft. 

 3-4. Yg. Thika B., Tana System, 3000 ft. 



.">— 10. Ad. & hgr. Niro-Niirok System, emptying „ 



in Lorian Swamp. 



n. skci. 



55. BABBUS PAGENSTECHEBI. 

 J. G. Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, p. 30; Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., 



Fiscb. p. 65 (189G). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout 

 rounded, 3^ times in length of head ; eye 5 to 6 times in length of head, 

 interorbital width nearly 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 3^ times in 

 length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower confined to the sides ; 

 lower jaw with straight transverse anterior border, with sharply angular 

 horny sheath ; two barbels on each side, equal, as long as eye. Dorsal 

 IV 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave; 

 last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, about § length of head. 

 Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching 

 ventral ; base of latter slightly further back than origin of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle ]§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally 

 striated, 28-29 f^ 2 between lateral line and ventral. Brown above, 

 yellowish beneath ; fins dark grey. 



Total length 240 millim. — A larger specimen measures 430. 



Stream flowing down Mount Kilimanjaro, German East Africa. — 

 Type, in Hamburg Museum, examined. 



56. BABBUS BHOADESIL 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 238. 



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

 4 times. Snout rounded, 3^ to 3£ times in length of head ; eye 5 times 

 in length of head, interorbital width of to 4 times ; mouth terminal, its 

 width 3 to 3J times in length of head ; lower jaw slightly projecting ; 

 lips moderately developed, lower interrupted on the chin ; two barbels 

 on each side, anterior minute, posterior \ to \ diameter of eye. Dorsal 

 IV 8, nearer occiput than root of caudal, border more or less concave ; 

 last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, about \ length 



