CtPEINIDiE. 239 



&Gc. BARBUS ROS^. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 552. 



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

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

 times in length of head, equal to inter orbital width ; mouth inferior, 

 lower jaw with sharp cutting-edge ; lips feebly developed, lower restricted 

 to the sides ; a single barbel on each side, f- to § diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal III 9, equally distinct from anterior border or centre of eye 

 and from caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, 

 not serrated, as long as or a little longer than head. Anal HI 5, not 

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

 ventral ; latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice 

 as long as deep. Scales finely striated longitudinally, 30-33 -jjr, 

 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive 

 above, yellowish beneath ; a blackish lateral band, terminating in a 

 large black spot at the base of the caudal ; fins orange. 



Total length 95 millim. 



Angola. 

 1-3. Types. Lucalla R. at Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



66 d. BARBUS HABERERI. 



Steind. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1912, p. 414, and Denkschr. Ak. Wien, Ixxxix. 1913, 

 p. 24, pi. iii. tig. 1 *. 



Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head a little over 



3 times. Snout rounded, 2f times in length of head; eye nearly 



4 times in length of head, interorbital width of times ; mouth sub- 

 inferior ; lower lip continuous across the chin ; a single barbel on each 

 side, as long as eye. Dorsal III 9, equally distant from occiput and 

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

 serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5. Pectoral a little longer than 

 head, nearly reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales longitudinally 

 striated, 26 ^ 2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery. 



Total length 140 millim. 



* The numbering of figs. 1 and 3 bas been inverted on pi. iii. 



