BAEILIUS. 197 



and suborbitals equal to width of second suborbital, the posterior border 

 of which is below posterior third of eye. Gill-rakers few and short. 

 Dorsal III 8, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, 

 its last ray above origin of anal ; anterior rays longest, f length of head. 

 Anal III 13, anterior rays longest, as long as dorsals. Pectoral pointed, 

 as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral. Caudal 

 forked. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales with 

 radiating stria;, 40-41 |f, If between lateral line and ventral, 14 round 

 caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath ; a series of 7 to 13 

 round blackish spots along each side of back. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Lower Congo. — Types in Luxemburg Museum. 

 1-2, Types. Sankuan R. (Kasai) at Kondue. M. Luja (C.) ; 



Luxemburg Museum (P.). 



5. BAHILIUS STEINDACHNERI. 



Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1908, p. 208, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) x. 1908, 

 p. 131, fig. 



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

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, not projecting beyond 

 mouth, as long as eye or interorbital width, 3f to 3f times in length of 

 head ; mouth extending to below posterior third of eye ; no barbels ; 

 suborbital bones nearly entirely covering the cheek, the second narrow 

 and extending to below posterior border of eye. Gill-rakers few and 

 short. Dorsal III 8-9, originating at equal distance from eye and from 

 root of caudal, last ray above origin of anal ; first branched ray longest, 

 f length of head. Anal III 11-13, first branched ray nearly as long as 

 longest ray of dorsal. Pectoral pointed, f to -J length of head, not 

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

 deep. Scales with radiating striae, 38-41 p, 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back ; 10 

 to 12 vertical bluish-grey bars on each side ; fins orange. 



Total length 90 millim. 



French Guinea. — Types in Paris Museum. 



1. One of the types. Mamu Lake (Caba R.), near Dr. Wurtz (C.) ; 



Timbo, 1400 ft Paris Museum (E.). 



