136 CYPItlOTMk 



a small black spot on each side of base of dorsal at its origin ; a more 

 or less distinct dark streak along lower surface of caudal peduncle. 



Total length 55 millim. 



Kilimanjaro, East Africa. 



1-10. Types. Nairobi R., east side of Kilima- A. Blayney Fereival, Esq. (C). 

 njaro, 6500 ft. 



127. BARBUS ZANZIBARICUS. 

 Peters, Mori. Beil. Ac. 1868, p. 601, and Decken's Reise O.-Afr. iii. p. 146 (1869); 



Vincig. Ann. Mns. Geuova, (2) xiii. 1893, p. 454 ; Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., 



Fische, p. 58 (1896). 

 Barbus zanzibaricus, var. paucior, Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x.xii. 1905, p. 414. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3^ times 

 in length of head ; interorbital width 2-^ to 2f times in length of head ; 

 mouth terminal, 3^ times in length of head ; lips thin ; two barbels on 

 each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, posterior a little longer. 

 Dorsal III 7-8, equally distant from centre or posterior border of eye 

 and from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, bony, 

 serrated, shorter than head. Anal III 5 (or 6), not reaching anal. 

 Pectoral about f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1-g- times as long 

 as deep. Scales 29-31 -^J 1 , 2-^—3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 1 2 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back ; a dark dot 

 at base of caudal. 



Total length 97 millim. 



East Africa (Mombasa and Masai Districts, and Somaliland). — Type 

 in Berlin Museum. 

 .1-3. Hgr. & yg., types Lake Ufione, Masai District. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



of 



var. paucior. 



pa 



128. BARBUS ARGENTEUS. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (1868); Bouleng. Boll. Mus. Toriu. xi. 1896, no. 260, 

 p. 2. 



Depth of body 3 to Z\ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 

 times. Snout obtusely pointed, as long as eye, which is 3^- to 4 times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3-|- times in length of head ; 

 mouth subinferior, its width 3-^- to 4 times in length of head ; lips feebly 



