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CYPKlNLDiE. 



eye. Dorsal III 8, nearer occiput than caudal, border slightly concave ; 

 last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. 

 Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, 

 not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle about 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately 



j times as long as deep. 

 Fig. 145. 



Barbus eallipterns. 

 Type. 



U 



striated, 23-26 p, 2-2-| between lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round 

 caudal peduncle. Yellow, brownish on the back, the dorsal and lateral 

 scales dark brown at the base ; dorsal orange in its basal half, white in its 

 distal half, with a large deep black spot between the last simple ray and 

 the third branched ray ; other fins white, the caudal pink or orange at 

 the base. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Cameroon, Old Calabar, Lagos. 



1-4. T) r pes. Kribi R. at Akok, S. Cameroon. 



5-10. Ad. & hgr. Cross R. district, Old Calabar. 



11-19. Ad. 



Head-water of Oroi R., Lagos. 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 

 Major W. A. Crawford 



Cockburn (P.). 

 Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



164. BARBUS WERNERI. 



Barbus miolepis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 532 (nee Bouleng. 



1902). 

 Barbus werneri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. 63, and Fish. Nile, p. 253, 



pi. xlvii. fig. 6 (1907). 



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

 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2-j to 3^ times in 

 length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth terminal, narrow ; 

 lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter 



