190 CYPBINID.E. 



Eastern Algeria and North - Western Tunisia. — Types in Paris 

 Museum. 



1-3. Types. Wed Bezirk, N.W. Tunisia. Vicomte H. de Chaignon (C); 



Paris Museum (E.). 

 4-6. Ad. & hgr. Wed el Mahdi, N.W. Tunisia. 

 7. Ad. Ain Oumash, near Biskra. Lord Walsingham (P.). 



7. LEPTOCYPRIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 133 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 230 (1901). 



Body elongate, feebly compressed, with rounded belly, covered with 

 rather large scales. Lateral line low down on the body, ending in the 

 middle of the caudal peduncle. Mouth rather large, oblique, without 

 lips or barbels. Suborbitals large, covering the cheek. Dorsal fin 

 without ossified ray, with 10 rays, 8 of which are branched, originating 

 above the ventrals. Anal fin with 10 or 11 rays. A scaly process at 

 the base of the ventrals. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, in two 

 series (5 . 3 — 3 . 5). 



Congo. 



A single species. 



1. LEPTOCYPRIS MODESTUS. 

 Bouleng. II. cc. p. xlix. fig. 3, and Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 21 (1902). 



Depth of body 5 to 6 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 

 4-j times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, projecting a 



Leptocyprie modestus. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



little beyond mouth, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 3| times in length 

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

 extending to below anterior fourth of eye. Grill-rakers rudimentary. 



