CYPEIXID.E. 



2-2-^ between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. 

 Back bluish grey, sides and lower parts silvery white in females, bright 

 yellow in males ; 10 to 15 bluish-black vertical bars on each side, above 

 the lateral line, the last usually expanding into a large blotch on the 

 caudal peduncle at root of caudal ; fins white. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Angola. 



1-6. Types. Quauza R. at Dondo. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Allied to B. kingsleyce, but body less elongate, anal rays fewer, and 

 scales fewer. 



12. BARILIUS LOATT, Blgr. 

 ? Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, lxxxix. 1913. p. 27. 

 Add :— 



28. Ad. 



Niger above junction with Benue. 



A. C. Francis Esq. (P. 



Fig. 172. 



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ii -' 



Barilius maerostama. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1913). 





12 a. BARILIUS MACROSTOMA. 

 Bonleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 51, pi. iii fig. 2. 



Depth of body equal tn length of head, 3f times in total length. 

 Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout pointed, projecting beyond 

 mouth, If times as long as eye, which is 4| times in length of head, 

 lj times in interorbital width ; mouth extending nearly to below posterior 

 border of eye ; no barbels ; second suborbital deep, extending posteriorly 

 to vertical of posterior border of eye ; naked space between prseoperculum 

 and suborbital about J diameter of eye. Gill-rakers few and very 



