CTPEIXID.E. 23-j 



two on each side, anterior § to f diameter of eye, posterior nearly as 

 long as eye, the distance hetween them greater than diameter of eye 

 in the adult. Dorsal III-IV 9, free edge distinctly emarginate ; last 

 simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, \ to § length of head ; the fin 

 nearly equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal. Anal II- 

 III 5, longest ray about f- length of head. Pectoral § to f length of 

 head, not reaching ventral. Ventral below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1J to If times as long as deep. Scales finely striated 

 longitudinally, 32-34 ~, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round 

 caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above and on the fins, whitish beneath ; 

 scales of young edged with blackish. 



Total length 640 millim. 



Victoria Nile. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



1. One of the types. Kakinda. Dr. E. Bayon (C.j ; Genoa 



Museum (P.). 



2. Ad. Jinja, Ripon Falls. Dr. van Someron (P.). 



Distinguished from B. intermedins by the broader mouth. 



40 6. BARBUS GIRARDI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) vi. 1910, p. 551. 



Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4^ 

 times. Snout rounded, 3^ to 3^ times in length of head; eye 3 (young) 

 to 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 2f times ; mouth 

 inferior, its width 3|- to 4 times in length of head ; lips rather feebly 

 developed, lower restricted to the sides ; two barbels on each side, 

 subequal, or posterior a little longer, 1^ to 1^ diameters of eye. 

 Dorsal IV 10, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from 

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

 1 to 1| times length of head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal in the adult. 

 Pectoral as long as head, nearly reaching ventral ; latter below anterior 

 soft rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales 

 finely striated longitudinally, 40-44 ^fiff> 3-J— 4-J between lateral line 

 and ventral, 16-18 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, the scales 

 darker at the base, whitish beneath ; all the fins of a rich red in life. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Angola. 

 1-G. Types. Lnealla R. at Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Distinguished from B. intermedins by the smaller scales. 



