BARBUS. 



165 



serrated, § to f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

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

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long 

 as deep. Scales radiately striated, 21-22 p, 2^—3 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown on the back, yellowish 

 on the sides and below, the lateral scales brown at the base ; two 

 longitudinal dark brown streaks embracing the 8 to 10 first scales of the 

 lateral line; four round black spots on each side, the second higher up 

 than the others, just in front of the vertical of the origin of the dorsal 

 finj the third below the last rays of the dorsal fin and above the lateral 

 line, the fourth in front of the base of the caudal fin and traversed by 

 the lateral line ; a more or less distinct dark spot on each side of the 

 vent; fins white, a few small black spots on the dorsal. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Gold Coast. 

 1-8. Types. 



Ino- 



ogosu. 



R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (C.) ; 

 Dr. A. Gunther (P.). 



161. BARBUS TvENIURUS. 



Btraleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, i. p. 24, pi. ii. fig. 2, and Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 (7) xviii. 1906, p. 35. 



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



Fig. 143. 



Barlms tceniurus. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1903). 



4 times. Snout rounded, oh to 4 times in length of head ; eye 4 to 4| 

 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 2^ times ; mouth 

 inferior; lips moderate; two barbels on each side,- anterior 1^ to If, 

 posterior longer, If to 2 diameters of eye. Small nuptial pearl-like 



