198 CTPEINID-E. 



6. BARILIUS ZAMBESENSTS. 



Leuciscus zambesensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 682. 



Opsaridion zambezense, Peters, op. cit. 1853, p. 783, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 58, 



pi. xi. fig. 5 (1868). 

 Barilius zambezensis, Griinth. Gat. Fish. vii. p. 292 (1868). 



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

 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, scarcely projecting 

 beyond mouth, as long as or shorter than eye, which is 3^ to 4 times in 

 length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending to below 



Kg. 173. 



Barilius zambesensis. 

 Type, after Peters (Eeise Mossamb.). 



anterior third or centre of eye; no barbels ; suborbitals nearly entirely 

 covering the cheek. Gill-rakers few and very short. Dorsal II— III 9-10, 

 originating midway between eye and caudal, posterior third above anal; 

 anterior rays longest, about §■ length of head. Anal III 10-11, anterior 

 rays as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral pointed, f to f length of head, 



not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long 



7- 

 as deep. Scales with radiating stria;, 41-43 p, 2 between lateral line 



and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery white, back green ; 



fins yellowish. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Zambesi. — Types in Berlin Museum. 

 1-3. Types. Zambesi. ProE. W. Peters (P.). 



7. BARILIUS WEYNSII. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 104 (1899), & p. 135, pi. xlviii. fig. 5 

 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 232 (1901). 



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

 Head twice as long as broad; snout pointed, scarcely projecting beyond 

 the mouth, as long as eye or interorbital width, 3^ times in length of 

 head ; mouth extending to below centre of eye ; no barbels ; naked 



