BARILIUS. 205 



eye ; latter 4£ to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 3| to 3f 

 times ; mouth extending to below centre of eye or a little beyond ; no 

 barbels ; second suborbital extending posteriorly to vertical of posterior 

 border of eye ; naked space between prseoperculum and suborbitals 

 narrow. Dorsal III 8, originating at equal distance from occiput and 

 from root of caudal, posterior third of its base above anal ; anterior rays 

 longest, about § length of head. Anal III 15, notched, anterior rays 

 about as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral pointed, about f length of 

 head, not reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 

 twice as long as deep. Scales 59-63 4 "\_ 5 / , 2J between lateral line and 

 ventral. Grey above, silvery white beneath ; 12 dark bluish-grey 

 vertical bars on each side of the body above the lateral line. 



Total length 155 mi Him. 



Senegal. — Types in Vienna Museum. 



14. BARILIUS MICBOCEPHALUS. 



Pelotrophus microcephalics, Giintli. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 314, and Cat. Fish. 



vii. p. 321 (18G8). 

 Barillas guentheri, Bouleng. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 920, pi. xlvii. 

 Barilius microcephalics, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 103 (1899). 



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

 times. Head twice as long as broad; snout pointed, projecting a little 



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Barillas microcephalus. 

 Type oE B. tjuentheri (P. Z. S. 1896). f . 



beyond mouth, H to 2 times as long as eye, which is i\ to 6 times 



