208 



CYPKINID.E. 



snout very pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, 1| diameters of eye, 

 which is 5f times in length of head ; interorbital width 3j times in 

 length of bead; mouth extending to below posterior border of eye ; no 

 barbels; naked space between prseoperculum and suborbitals about ^ 

 width of third suborbital. Gill-rakers short, 10 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal III 10, originating midway between occiput and caudal, 

 posterior third above anal ; anterior rays longest, a little more than i 

 length of head. Anal III 17, strongly notched, with rounded anterior 

 lobe, longest rays § length of head. Pectoral pointed, f length of head, 

 not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle a little over 

 twice as long as deep. Scales with numerous l'adiating striae, 82 -wf, 

 4 between lateral Hue and ventral, 26 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, 

 olive on the back ; 16 or 17 blackish vertical bars on each side of the 

 body. 



Total length 260 millim. 



Lake Tangan)ika. 



1. Type. North end of Tanganyika. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



17. BARILTUS MIOROLEPIS. 



Pelotrophus m/crolepis, Giiiith. Proc. Zool. ,Soc. 1864, p. 1514, and Oat. Fish, vi 



p. 320, fig. (1868). 

 Jiurilhix mwroleph, Bouleng. Ann. Mm. Congo, Zool. i. p. 102 (181)*.)). 



IV. 183. 



Darllius niicroleiiis. 

 L. Nyassa. i. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, length of head 3i to 4 

 times. Head twice as long as broad, with nearly straight upper profile ; 

 snout pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, as long as eye in young, at 



