206 



CYPEDHDJE. 



in length of head ; interorbital width 2-| to 3 times in length of head ; 

 mouth extending to below centre of eye ; no barbels ; naked space 

 between preeoperculum and suborbitals narrow. Gill-rakers few, rudi- 

 mentary. Dorsal III 9-10, originating midway between occiput or eye 

 and caudal, second half of base above anal ; anterior rays longest, f to § 

 length of head. Anal III 15-17, anterior rays very long, as long as or 

 a little shorter than head, forming a lobe sharply defined from the very 

 short posterior rays. Pectoral pointed, f to ^ length of head, not 

 reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2\ times as 



91 iQ 1 



long as deep. Scales with very numerous radiating striae, 47-52 "^ % 

 2 between lateral line and ventral, 16-18 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, 

 dark blue on the back ; sides with about 15 dark vertical bars ; membrane 

 between dorsal rays often blackish. 

 Total length 340 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire, 



1-3. Skins, types. 

 4-o. Ad. 

 6. Skel. 

 7-9. Ad. 

 10-12. Types of 



jS. guentheri. 



L. Ny f 



Upper Shire. 



Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



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Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 

 Dr. Percy Kendall (0.) ; 

 Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 



15. BARILIUS MOORII. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. 1900, p. 480, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 234 

 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 146, pi. xiv. fig. 2, and xvii. 1906, 

 p. 549. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 to 4j times in total length. 



Pig. 181. 



Barillas moorii. 



Type (Tr. Z, S. 1901). 



Head twice or a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout pointed, 

 not projecting beyond mouth, as long as or a little longer than eye, 



