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II. Barbels absent or reduced to one pair. 



A. Less than 50 scales in lateral line. 



1. Last simple ray of dorsal strong and ossified, followed by 9 or 10 



(rarely 11) soft ra} - s. 



a. Barbel £ diameter of eye ; rounded papillje in front of and behind 



mouth. 

 Sc. 35 jj|, 3, 14; ventrals below anterior rays of 



dorsal V. varicostoma, Blgr. 



b. Barbel minute or absent. 



a. Ventrals below middle of dorsal. 

 Sc. 31 t|, 2\, 12 ; eye 4§ times in length of head ; 



barbel present V. tornieri, Stdr. 



Sc. 28-31 p, 2i, 12 ; eye more than 4 times in length 



of head ; barbel absent V. sandersi, Blgr. 



Sc. 30-35 4 -^, 3-3£, 12-14; eye not more than 4 



times in length of head ; barbel present .... I", steindaclmeri, Blgr. 

 /3. Ventrals below anterior soft rays of dorsal. 

 * Snout only a little broader than long. 

 Sc. 34-36 ~ , 3, 12 ; eye 3| times in length of head . I'. ruandce, Pappeuh. 



** Snout much broader than long. 

 Sc. 30-35 Jp|f , 2-3, 12 ; eye 4 to 6 times in length of 



head ; snout with tubercles V. beso, Riipp. 



Sc. 34-35 £y, 3, 12 ; eve 4 or 5 times in length of 



head ; no tubercles on snout V. platystoma, Pappenh. 



Sc. 34-39 ||^f,3-3£, 12-14; eye 3 to 3^ times in 



length of head : very small tubercles on snout . V. latirostris, Blar. 



2. Last simple ray of dorsal slender and flexible. [& Thomps. 

 Sc. 34-35 gj , 2i, 14 ; D. Ill 8-9 ; no barbel . . . V. neehpruitensis, Gilchr. 

 Sc. 39-40^^, 3£, 12 ; D. Ill 10 ; a minute barbel . V. ruivenzorii, Pellegr. 



Sc. 43-46 ( M_, 4-5, 16 ; D. IV 10-11 ; a minute 

 J5-1U5 



barbel . V. maroccanus, Gthr. 



B. More than 50 scales in lateral line; last simple ray of dorsal strong and 



ossified. 

 barbel V. tangamcce, Blgr. 



Sc. 64-70-Jlf^i}, 9-10, 32-34; D. IV 8-9 ; a minute 



