128 CYPEINID^. 



pectoral, the second in front of vertical of dorsal, the third behind the 

 vertical of dorsal, the fourth at base of caudal; fins whitish. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Kavalli R., Bukoba, Upper Ituri (Congo System). — Type in Berlin 

 Museum. 



117. BARBUS LATICEPS. 

 Pfeff. Jahrb. Harnb. Wiss. Anst. x. 2, 1893, p. 38, pi. i. fig. 4, and Thierw. 

 O.-Afr., Fische, p. 57 (1896). 



Pig. 105. 



Barhus laticeps. 

 Type, after Pfeffer (I. c). 



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

 Snout a little shorter than eye, which is 3 J times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width twice in length of head ; mouth terminal ; lips rather 

 thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, 

 which is 1^ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and 

 from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, serrated, 

 as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral not 

 reaching ventral; base of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle \\ times as long as deep. Scales 28 p, 3 between lateral line 

 and ventral. Silvery, back brownish. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Wami River, German East Africa.— Types in Berlin Museum. 



118. BARBUS SEXRADIATUS, sp. n. 

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

 Snout rounded, slightly longer than eye, which is 4 times in length 

 of head ; interorbital width 2-^ times in length of head ; mouth 

 small, termiral; lips feebly developed; two barbels on each side, 

 posterior a little longer than anterior and \\ diameters of eye. 



