BAEBUS. 



155 



lips thin ; two barbels on each side, nearly equal, as long as eye. 

 Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border 

 straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than 

 head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. 



Fig. 131. 



Barius humeralis. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 

 25-26 3I, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. 

 Yellowish, each scale of the upper parts blackish at the base ; a black 

 vertical bar behind the gill-opening ; fins white. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Ubanghi. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 I. One of: the types. Yembe R. at Banzyville. 



dipt. Royaux (0.). 



150. BARB US RAD1ATUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1853, p. 783, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 56, pi. x. fig. 3 



(1868). 



Fig. 132. 





Barbus radiatus. 

 Type, after Peters (Beise Mossamb.). 



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

 Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and 

 equals interorbital width ; mouth inferior ; two barbels on each side, 



