CYPK1XID.E. 



2(35 



dark base often more marked on the scales of the lateral line, which 

 may be further obscured by black dots, forming an ill-defined dark 

 lateral band ; fins greyish. 



Total length 75 millim. 



Gold Coast, Sierra Leone. 



1-6. Types. Near Dunkwa, Gold Coast. 



7-9. Types. R. Paraniie, „ 



10-11. Ad. N. Sherbo District, Sierra 



Leone. 



Very closely allied to B. ablabes. 



Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell (P.;. 

 N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



1516. BARBUS MAOROPS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vii. 1911, p. 374. 



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

 length. Snout rounded, much shorter than eye, which is 2h to 

 2§ times in length of head ; interorbital width 2| to 3 times in 

 length of head ; mouth subinferior ; lips moderately developed ; 

 two barbels on each side, anterior § diameter of eye, posterior §■. 



Fi 2 . 163. 



Barbus macrops. 

 Type. 



Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from base of 

 caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, as long 

 as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of 

 head, not quite reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1|- to 1J times as long as deep. Scales 



ox 



radiately striated, 23-25 p, 2-2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellow above, silvery beneath, scales on 

 back and sides finely speckled with brown, with a more or less distinct 

 dark brown spot at the base ; a black straight lateral band from the 



