CYPRINID.-E. 247 



peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 29 ,j|, 2£ between lateral line and ventral. 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, brownish on the back, each scale dark at the base ; dorsal and 

 caudal grey, other fins yellowish. 



Total length 66 millim. 



Ituri River, Congo. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



Apparently allied to B. tvurtzi, but mouth terminal and barbels 

 longer. 



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89 a. BARBUS MALACANTHUS. 

 Pappenh. Mitth. ZooLMus. Berl. v. 1911, p. 516, fig. 



Depth of body 3^- times in total length, length of head nearly 

 o^ times. Snout rounded, 2| times in length of head, eye 4^ times, 

 interorbital width Z\ times; mouth inferior, its width 4^ times in 

 length of head ; lips moderately developed; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior f diameter of eye, posterior ^-. Dorsal 111 9, equally distant 

 from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple my 

 ossified only at the base, longer than head. Anal III 5, reaching root 

 of caudal. Pectoral 4- length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter 

 inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as 

 deep. Scales 28 |f, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery grey, each scale darker at the base ; belly yellowish ; 

 fins greyish black. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Rio Benito, Spanish Guinea. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



Allied to B. altidorsalis, but barbels longer. 



89 b. BARBUS NASUTUS. 



Varicorhinus nasuttts, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, 



p. 477. 

 Barbus nasittus, Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 396, fig. 



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

 Snout pointed and prominent, 3 times diameter of eye and a little 

 shorter than postocular portion of head ; eye 7 times in length of head 

 and 3^ times in interorbital width ; width of mouth 2\ times in length 

 of head ; lips moderately developed, lower restricted to the sides ; lower 

 jaw with a sharp edge ; a pointed rostral flap overlapping symphysis of 

 upper jaw; a double row of papilla? behind premaxillary ; two barbels 



