CTPRINIDJE. 



233 



Total length 530 millim. 



Chiloango System and Ja River (Congo System). 



1. Type. Loan go R. at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2-5. Types. Lnali R. at Buco Zan. „ 



6-10. Types. Lebuzi It. at Boma Vonde. „ 



11. Ad. Ja It., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Distinguished from B. krapfi by the more prominent snout and the 

 broader interorbital region. 



Kg. 146. 



Barbus cardozoi. 

 Type (A. M. C). J. 



34 d. BARBUS ROYLTI. 

 Bouleng. t. c. p. 13, pi. xxi. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3-f to 4 times in total 

 length. Head twice as long as broad; snout subacuminate, projecting 

 strongly beyond mouth, 2^ to 2§ times in length of head, ending in a 

 rounded lobe which folds over the upper lip; eye 4 (young) to Oh times 

 in length of head ; lips extremely developed, lower forming on the chin 

 a large rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1 (young) to 

 1£ diameters of eye, posterior 1^ to 2 times. Dorsal III 9, equally 

 distant from anterior or posterior border of eye and from caudal, border 

 very concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, \ to § length 

 of head. Anal III 5, usually reaching caudal. Pectoral | to f length of 

 head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below anterior branched 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle ]£ to 2 times as long as deep. Scales 



