Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ales 32-36 in longitudinal series, 12 in transverse series,10 between dorsal and ventral; lateral line, if at all developed, restrictedto 4 to 8 scales. Back pale brown; a blackish lateral band, edgedabove with yellow, extends from the eye to the base of the caudal;the parts below the lateral band uniform yellow; base of caudal Total length 45 millim. Liberia, South Cameroon, Gaboon.—Types in Leyden Museum. 1. One of the Ad. & hor. 15. Skel. 16-25. Ad. & hgr. 26-27. Ad. Robertsfort, R
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ales 32-36 in longitudinal series, 12 in transverse series,10 between dorsal and ventral; lateral line, if at all developed, restrictedto 4 to 8 scales. Back pale brown; a blackish lateral band, edgedabove with yellow, extends from the eye to the base of the caudal;the parts below the lateral band uniform yellow; base of caudal Total length 45 millim. Liberia, South Cameroon, Gaboon.—Types in Leyden Museum. 1. One of the Ad. & hor. 15. Skel. 16-25. Ad. & hgr. 26-27. Ad. Robertsfort, R. (Congo System) atBitye, S. Cameroon. Nyong R., S. R., Ogowe. Leyden Museum (E.).G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2. NEOLEB1AS TRILINEATUS. Bouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 114 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 184(1901). Depth of body equal to length of head, 3§ to 4 times iu total of eye 2J to 2f times in length of head. Dorsal III III 7. 33-34 scales in longitudinal series, 11 in transverse series, Fig. NeolebidS , x 2. 9 between dorsal and ventral. Otherwise as in the preceding. Yellow,with three black lines on each side of the body, separated by silverywhite bands; a round black spot, edged with white, on caudal peduncle,at base of caudal fin. Total length 30 millim. Congo (Stanley Pool).—Types in Congo Museum, Two of the types. Dolo, Stanley Pool. M. P. Delhez (C). VOL. I. s 258 16. & Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. i. p. 12 (1845) ; Cuv. & Vul. Hist. Poiss. 172 (1849) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 359 (1864) ; Bouleng. Poiss. , p. 185 (1901), and Fish. Nile, p. 139 (1907). Snout moderate or short; mouth small, inferior or subinferior, withsmall bicuspid teeth, usually forming two series in each jaw; maxillarytoothless, moderately large. Cheek covered by the suborbitals; nostrilsclose together, separated by a valvular flap; gill-mem
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