BAEILLUS. 



203 



olive; sides usually with 10 to 14 more or less distinct dark vertical 

 bars above lateral line ; a large blackish spot at root of caudal. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Congo, Ogowe, South Cameroon. 



1- Type. Ogowe. Miss Kingsley (C). 



2-13. Ad. & hgr. Kribi E. at Efulen, S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



12. BARILIUS LOATI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vii. 1901, p. 80, and Fish. Nile, p. 265, pl.xlviii. 

 fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 3f to 4^- 

 times. Head 2 to 2 J times as long as broad ; snout pointed, projecting 

 beyond moutb, 1^ to 2 times as long as eye in adult; eye 4 (young) to 

 6 times in length of head in adult ; mouth extending to below centre or 

 posterior third of eye ; no barbels ; second suborbital deep, extending 



Fisr. 17S. 



Barilins loati. 

 Type, Upper Nile (F. X.). f. 



posteriorly to vertical of posterior border of eye ; naked space between 

 praeoperculum and suborbitals about -J width of latter. Gill-rakers few 

 and very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 7-9, originating at equal 

 distance from occiput and from root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, 

 second half of its base above anal ; anterior rays longest, f to § length 

 of head. Anal III 12-15, notched, often produced into a convex anterior 

 lobe, anterior rays much longer, about as long as longest dorsals. 

 Pectoral pointed, f to f length of head, not reaching ventral, which is 

 much shorter and does not reach beyond vent. Caudal deeply forked, 

 crescentic when fully spread out. Caudal peduncle 1§ to 2 times as 

 long as deep. Scales with radiating stria?, 50—58 - ±i_ 5 ? , 2-3 between 



