278 



ADDENDA, VOL. II. 



not quite reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as 



h-r 12— l^ 1 



long as deep. Scales with radiating striae, 68-70 7 ,*^ , 3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 20-22 round caudal peduncle. Silvery ; caudal 

 fin orange, with the median rays blackish. 



Total length 120 millim. 



South Cameroon (Congo Basin). 

 1-2. Types. Ja R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.j. 



Distinguished from B. Mngsleyce by the much smaller scales. 



116. BARILIUS ANSORGII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag.N. H. (8) vi, 1910, p. 555. 



Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3f to 4^- 

 times in total length. Head 2 to 2-g- times as long as broad, with feebly 

 curved upper profile ; snout pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, as 

 long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3| to 4 times in length 



Esr.l 



Barilius ansorgii. 

 Type. 



of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3-^ times in length of head ; mouth 

 extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; no barbels ; naked 

 space between prseoperculum and suborbitals not |- width of third 

 suborbital. Gill-rakers few, rudimentary. Dorsal II 7, originating 

 midway between occiput and root of caudal, its posterior half above 

 anal; anterior rays longest, f to f length of head. Anal III 12-14 

 (usually 13), anterior rays much longer than posterior, about as long as 

 longest dorsals. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as or a little shorter 

 than head, reaching ventral or not. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 

 If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 4.0-44 fr^i- 



