182 CrPEINIDiE. 



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



3- 



peduncle nearly as deep as long. Scales radiately striated, 24-27 ^ 

 2£ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish 

 brown above, the scales dark brown at the base, silvery below. 



Total length 130 millim. 



South Cameroon. 

 1. Type. Ja R. at Bitye. GL L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



2-4. Ad. 



5. Skel. 



6. Ad. „ Efayong. ,, 



180. BARBUS ANEMA. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 533, and Fish. Nile, p. 257, 



pi. xlvii. fig. 7 (1907). 



Depth of body 2f to 3£ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 



4 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in 



length of head and nearly equals interorbital width ; mouth small, 



Fie. 160. 



Barbus anema. 

 Type (F. N.). 



terminal ; lips feebly developed ; no barbels. Dorsal Til 8, equally 

 distant from eye and from caudal, border scarcely concave ; last simple 

 ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral f or -f length of head, not reaching ventral ; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle not or but 

 slightly longer than deep. Scales radiately striated, 22-25 gf, 2-2-j 

 between lateral line and ventral, 8-10 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, 

 yellowish above, the dorsal scales sometimes edged with blackish ; 

 sometimes a blackish lateral streak, passing through the eye. 



Total length 37 millim. 



Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel. 



