BAKILIUS. 



207 



which is 4 to 4| times in length of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3 \ 

 times in length of head ; mouth extending to below anterior third or 

 centre of eye ; no barbels ; naked space between praeoperculum and 

 suborbitals less than \ width of third suborbital. Gill-rakers very short 

 and few. Dorsal III 9, originating at equal distance from anterior 

 border or centre of eye and from caudal, second half of its base above 

 anal ; anterior rays longest, § to § length of head. Anal III 13-14, 

 anterior rays much longer than posterior, a little longer than dorsals, 

 forming a rounded lobe. Pectoral pointed, shorter than head, not 

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



10A-1 u 



: 7* 



3 be- 



deep. Scales with very numerous radiating striae, 55-60 

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

 brownish on the back ; more or less distinct dark vertical bars on the 

 side of the body, 10 or 11 in number ; dorsal blackish at the end. 

 Total length 160 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-4. Types. 

 5-6. Ad. & her. 



North end of L. Tanganyika. 

 Sutubu. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore CO.). 

 Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 



The specimens from Lake Rukwa briefly noticed under the name of 

 B. moorii by Hilgendorf and Pappenheim, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 

 1903, p. 270, perhaps belong to a distinct species. 



16. BARILIUS TANGANIC/E. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. 1900, p. 480, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 235 

 (1901), and Trans. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 146, pi. xiv. fig. 3. 



Fig. 182. 



Barilius tanganica. 

 Type (Tr. Z. S. 1901). 



x 



2' 



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

 Head a little over twice as long as broad, with straight upper profile ; 



