BAK1LIUS. 



193 



2. Dorsal with 9-10 branched rays. 

 A. Ill 15-17 ; Sc. 47-52 ^4, 2 . . . . 

 A. Ill 13-14 ; Sc. 55-60 10 ^, 3 . . . 



G. 80-88 scales in lateral line. 

 D. Ill 10 ; A. Ill 17 ; Sc. 82 *J, 4 . . . 

 D. Ill 9-10; A. Ill 16-17 " Sc. 80- 



"° si ' 5 



14. B. microceplialus, Gthr., p. 205. 



15. B. moorii, Blgr., p. 206. 



16. B. tanganicce, Blgr., p. 207. 



17. B. mierolepis, Gthr., p. 208. 



1. BARILIUS NILOTICUS. 



Leuchcus nilotmis, Joannis. Mag. Zool. 1835, iv. pi. iii. ; Cuv. & Val. Hist l\>iss 



xvii. p. 311 (1844). 

 Lemniscus thebensis, Joannis, t. c. pi. xi. 



Alburnus niloticus, Heck. Russegg^r's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 328 (1846). 

 Opsarius thebensis, Heck. t. c. p. 329, pi. i. 

 Barilius niloticus, Giintb. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 293 (1868), and Pi-theiirk's Tray. ii. 



p. 263 (1869) ; Steind. Sitz. Ak. Wien, ciii. i. 1894, p. 461 ; Bouleng. Ann. 



Mns. Congo, Zool. i. p. 102 (1899), and Fish. Nile, p. 262, pi. xlviii. fig. 3 



(1907). 

 Barilius thebensis, Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 263. 

 Alburnus ale.candriiuis, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, cii. i. 1893, p. 240, pi. iii. fig. 3. 



¥\;r. 160. 



Barilius niloticus. 

 Lower Nile (F. N.). 



Depth of body 3J to 5 times in total length, length of head 4 to 

 4g- times. Head 2 to 2\ times as long as broad ; snout rather pointed, 

 not or but slightly projecting beyond mouth, not longer than eye, which 

 is contained 3^- to 4 times in length of head ; interorbital width equal 

 to diameter of eye or a little greater; mouth extending to below anterior 

 border of pupil or centre of eye ; no barbels ; suborbital bones nearly 



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