B A REUS. 103 



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

 f to -g- length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 28-30 |f, 2|-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 

 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, pale olive-green on the back ; a dark 

 green (black in spirit) lateral stripe from gill-cover to root of caudal, 

 above the lateral line on the prsecaudal part of body ; fins colourless. 



Total length 75 millim. 



Lagos. 



1-6. Types. Odo Omi, head-water of Omi River, Major G. E. Brace (P.). 



Lagos. 



159. BARBUS TRISPILUS. 

 Puntius (Barhodes) trispilos, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, 



p. 113, pi. xxiii. fig. 3. 

 Barbits trispilus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 108 (1868), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, 



p. 730 ; JBouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 33. 

 Barbus camptacanthits, var. liberiensis, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 80. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, not longer than eye, which is 3^ to 3| times in 

 length of head; interorbital width 2^ to 2\ times in length of head; 

 mouth terminal, small ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior 1|, posterior 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8, nearer occiput 



Fig. 141. 



Barbus trispilus. 

 Kotchwah R. 



than caudal, border straight or very slightly concave ; last simple ray 

 not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or slightly shorter than head. 

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

 reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 



m2 



