196 



CYPK1K1DJE. 



eye and root of caudal ; anterior rays longest, about ^ length of head. 

 Aual III 12, falciform, anterior rays much longer than posterior. 

 Pectoral acutely pointed, 4/ length of head, widely separated from 

 ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Scales 4o §f, 2 between lateral line and ventral. Grey above, silvery 

 white beneath ; fins whitish, anterior rays of dorsal tipped with blackish. 



Fig. 171. 



Barilius lonyirostris* 



Type (A. M.C.). 



Total length 120 milliui. 



Ubanghi, Upper Congo. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



i. BAHILIUS LXJJM. 

 Bouleng. Catal. Poiss. Congo Mus. Lnxemb. p. 9 (11)09). 



Depth of body 4J to 4-f times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Head twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as or a 



Barilius lujce. 

 Type. 



little longer than eye, which is 4 times in length of head j interorbital 

 width 3 times in length of head ; mouth extending to below centre or 

 posterior third of eye ; no barbels ; naked space between pigeoperculum 



