10G 



CYPKIN1M. 



eye and root of caudal ; anterior rays longest, about ^ length of head. 

 Anal III 12, falciform, anterior rays much longer than posterior. 

 Pectoral acutely pointed, ^ length of head, widely separated from 



ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 



7- 

 Scales 45 gf, 2 between lateral line and ventral. Grey above, silvery 



white beneath ; fins whitish, anterior rays of dorsal tipped with blackish. 



1%. 171. 



Barilitts lonijirustris. 

 Type (A.M. I'.). 



Total length 120 millim. 



TJbanghi, Upper Congo. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



4. BAHILIUS LUJjE. 

 Bonlong. Catnl. Poiss. Congo Mas. Luxomb. p. 9 (1909). 



Depth of body 4^ to 4| times in total length, length of head 4 time*. 

 Plead twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as or a 



Fie. 172. 



Barilius lujce. 

 Type. 



little longer than eye, which is 4 times in length of head ; interorbital 

 width 3 times in length of head ; mouth extending to below centre or 

 posterior third of eye ; no barbels ; naked space between prseoperculum 



