BAEBUS. 



101 



barbels on each side, anterior f diameter of eye, posterior nearly as long 

 as eye. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from eye and from caudal, 

 anterior rays much longer than head, border concave in its posterior 

 half; last simple ray not enlarged. Anal III 5, reaching beyond root 



Kr. 7! 



Barbus lagoensis. 



of caudal. Pectoral a little longer than head, not reaching ventral ; 

 base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. 

 Scales with posteriorly convergent striee, 24 gf, 2 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Uniform bronzy brown, fins 

 blackish. 



Total length 255 millim. 

 Lagos. 



1. Type. 



Lagos. 



H. T. Usslier, Esq. (C). 



89. BARBUS ALTIDORSALIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 493. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head i\ times. 

 Snout rounded, 3£ times in length of head, with small nuptial tubercles 

 on the sides ; eye 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 2J times ; 

 mouth inferior, its width 3 times in length of head ; lips thick, lower 



