. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEILTUS. 195 2. BARILIUS WEEKSII. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 103 (1899), & p. 134, pi. xlviii. fig. 4 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 232 (1901). Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 4^ times. Head 2|- times as long as broad ; snout pointed, projecting slightly beyond lower jaw, as long as eye or interorbital width, 3f times in length of head; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye ; no barbels; suborbital bones nearly entirely coverin
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEILTUS. 195 2. BARILIUS WEEKSII. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 103 (1899), & p. 134, pi. xlviii. fig. 4 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 232 (1901). Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 4^ times. Head 2|- times as long as broad ; snout pointed, projecting slightly beyond lower jaw, as long as eye or interorbital width, 3f times in length of head; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye ; no barbels; suborbital bones nearly entirely covering the cheek. Giil- rakers short and few. Dorsal III 8, above space between ventrals and anal, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal; anterior rays longest, f length of head. Anal III 10, falciform, anterior rays longest. Pectoral pointed, shorter than head, widely separated from Fiff. Barilius iveeknii. Type (A. M. C). ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales with radiating striae, 39 gi, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, olive on the back. Total length 70 millim. Upper Congo. 1. Type. Rev. .1. II. Weeks (P.). 3. BARILIUS LONGIROSTRIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 33, pi. ix. fig. 4 (1902). Depth of body 6 times in total length, length of head 3^ times. Head with straight upper profiilc, 3^ times as lon^^ as broad, tw^ice as long as deep; snout acutely pointed, projecting slightly beyond lower jaw, more than ^ length of head ; eye 5 times in length of head, equal to interorbital width ; mouth extending to below posterior third of eye : no barbels ; naked space between praeoperculum and second suborbital nearly f width of latter. Ciill-rakers rudimentary. Dorsal III 9, above space between ventrals and anal, originating midway between centre of 38 Bou I/II. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for reada
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