CTPEINID.E. 



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single, minute, almost imperceptible barbel at the angle of the mouth. 

 Dorsal III 9-10, originating slightly nearer end of snout than root of 

 caudal; last simple ray flexible, about | length of head. Anal III 5, not 

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

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

 Scales 35-37 '-g, 3^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Olive-brown above, silvery on the sides ; a black spot on 

 caudal peduncle at base of caudal ; dorsal and caudal greyish, other 

 fins yellow. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Wimi R., Mount Iluwenzori. — Types in Paris Museum. 



Also occupies an isolated position at the end of Division I. C. of the 

 Synopsis. 



Fig. 155. 



Barbus aspius. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



90 a. BARBUS ASPIUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 14, pi. xxii. fig. 1 (1912). 



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

 3| times. Head 2^ to 2\ as long as broad ; snout rounded, 3£ times in 

 length of head ; lower jaw strongly projecting ; eye 6 times in length 

 of head, interorbital width 4 to 4| times ; width of mouth 4 to 4£ times 

 in length of head ; lips rather strongly developed on the sides, lower 

 broadly interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior f- 

 to 1 diameter of eye, posterior 1J to 1^. Dorsal III-IV 10, equally 

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



