BABBITS, 



175 



lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, posterior a little louger 

 than anterior and \ to f diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant 

 from centre of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple 

 ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

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



Fig. 152. 



Barbus conyicus. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



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



q_i 



as deep. Scales radiately striated, 23-25 p, 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle. Olive-grey above, green on the sides, 

 white beneath ; pectorals white, other fins red. 



Total length 75 millim. 



Lower Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Two o£ the types. Matadi. M. P. Delhez (C). 



172. BARBUS PLEUROPHOLIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mns. Congo, Zool. i. p. 100, pi. xl. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 227 (1901). 



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



Fig. 153. 



Barbus pleuropholig. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2f times in length of head 

 and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, subinferior ; lips feebly 



