232 ADDENDA, VOL. II. 



times. Snout rounded, 2f to 3^ times in length of head ; eye 4 to 5 

 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 to %\ times ; mouth sub- 

 inferior, its width 3^ to 4 times in length of head ; lower lip continuous 

 across chin; two barbels on each side, posterior a little longer than 

 anterior and as long as or a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 9, 

 originating at nearly equal distance from end of snout and from caudal, 

 border feebly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, a little 

 shorter than head. Anal III 5. Pectoral 1-j- to 1^- times length of head, 

 reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as or slightly longer than deep. Scales 

 longitudinally striated, 21-24 p, 2-2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery grey above, white beneath; fins 

 pale grey. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Congo (Ituri and Ja Rivers). — Types in Vienna Museum. 



Remarkable for the low number of scales in the lateral line. 



34 c. BARBUS CARDOZOI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 12, pi. xx. (1912). 



Depth of body 2-f to %\ times in total length, length of head of to i\ 

 times. Head 1J to If times as long as broad; snout rounded, pro- 

 jecting considerably bej'ond mouth, about 3 to 3J times in length of 

 head ; eye 3 (young) to 5-j times in length of head, interorbital width 

 1\ to 2f times; width of mouth 3 to 3^ times in length of head ; lips 

 rather strongly developed, lower continuous across the chin, where it 

 forms a rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior usually a little 

 shorter than posterior, which is as long as eye in young, \\ to 1^ times 

 in adult ; numerous very small nuptial tubercles on side of head in 

 adult. Dorsal III 9, equally distant from eye or occiput and from 

 caudal, border very concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, 

 its rigid part f to f length of head, Anal III 5, usually not reaching 

 caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching, or nearly 

 reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 1^ to \\ times as long as deep. Scales tiuely striated longitudinally, 

 24-28 ^, 2-2-^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; scales on upper half 

 of body with a dark basal spot ; fins greyish brown, dorsal and anal 

 sometimes tinged with red at the base. 



