. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARILIUS. 199 space between prEeoperculum and suborbitals very narrow. Gill-rakers very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 8, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, its posterior third above anal; anterior rajs longest, not quite i length of head. Anal III 14-15, similar to dorsal. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales with radiating stria?, 44-45 gj,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARILIUS. 199 space between prEeoperculum and suborbitals very narrow. Gill-rakers very short, rudimentary. Dorsal III 8, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, its posterior third above anal; anterior rajs longest, not quite i length of head. Anal III 14-15, similar to dorsal. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales with radiating stria?, 44-45 gj, 1 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, olive on the back. Fig. Barilius iveynsii. Type (A. M. C). Total length 95 millim. '» Upper Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Type. Between New Antwerp and Stanley Falls. Capt. Weyns (C). 2. Ad. Banzyville, Ubangbi. Capt. Royaux (C). 8. BARILIUS NEAVII. Bouleng. Mem. Manchest. Lit. & Phil. Soc. li. 1907, no. 12, p. 3. Depth of body 3| to 4^- times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 times. Head 2 to 2^ times as long as broad; snout obtusely pointed, longer than eye, which is 4 to 4-J times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of bead ; mouth extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; no barbels ; naked space between praeoperculum and suborbitals as broad as second suborbital. Gill-rakers few, rudi- mentary. Dorsal II 9-10, originating midway between eye and root of caudal, posterior half above anal; anterior rays longest, f to f length of head. Anal III-IV 11-13, with produced anterior lobe, longest ray as long as longest dorsal. Pectoral pointed, f to f length of , reaching or nearly reaching ventral. Caudal forked, lower lobe longer than upper. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2-j times as long as deep. Scales 7- with radiating strise, 42-45 -4i, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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