BAKBUS. 



181 



caudal, border scarcely concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not 

 serrated, about as long as head. Aual III 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral f length of head, reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1J to If times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 26-28 p, 2-2-^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 

 round caudal peduncle. Olive-grey above, silvery below. 



Total length 110 millira. 



Upper Congo (Sanga River) and Ogowe. — Type in Paris Museum. 



179. BARBUS ASPILUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 337. 



Depth of body 2-^ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3f to 

 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which 

 is 3 to 3^ times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth 



Fig. 159. 



Barbus aspilus. 



Type. 



small, subinferior ; lips moderate ; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally 

 distant from eye and from caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple 

 ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or a little longer than head. 

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



