. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 200 in length of" head ; interorbital width 2^ to 3 times in length of head; mouth extending to below centre of eye; no barbels; naked space between prseoperculum and suborbitals narrow. Gill-rakers few, rudi- mentary. Dorsal III. 9-10, originating midway between occiput or eye and caudal, second half of base above anal; anterior rays longest, f to f length of head. Anal III 15-17, anterior rays very long, as long as or a little shorter than head, forming a lobe
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 200 in length of" head ; interorbital width 2^ to 3 times in length of head; mouth extending to below centre of eye; no barbels; naked space between prseoperculum and suborbitals narrow. Gill-rakers few, rudi- mentary. Dorsal III. 9-10, originating midway between occiput or eye and caudal, second half of base above anal; anterior rays longest, f to f length of head. Anal III 15-17, anterior rays very long, as long as or a little shorter than head, forming a lobe sharply defined from the very short posterior rays. Pectoral pointed, f to y length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 2 to 2| times as long as deep. Scales with very numerous radiating strite, 47-52 '\^ "", 2 between lateral line and ventral, 16-18 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, dark blue on the back ; sides with about 15 dark vertical bars ; membrane between dorsal rays often blackish. Total length 340 millim. Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire. 1-3. Skins, ty[)es. 4-5. Ad. 6. Skel. 7-9. Ad. 10-12. Types of JJ. (juenthen. L. Njas?a. Upper Shire. Sir J. Kirk (P.). Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). Dr. Percy Kendall (0.) ; Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 15. BARILIUS MOORII. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. 1900, p. 480, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 234 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 14G, pi. xiv. fig. 2, and xvii. 190G, p. 549. Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 to 4| times in total length. Fi«r. BarUius inoorii. Type (Tr. Z. S. I'JOl). Head twice or a little more than twice as long as broad ; snout pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, as long as or a little longer than eye,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Na
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