=e ee GA, EOGUrE OF THE FRESH-WATER FISHES OF AFRICA IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). VOLUME Il. BY GEORGE ALBERT BOULENGER, F.R.S. <ensoniannInstitgy-\ {os Yo, \ (UN 13 1911 | Magi | Vt a ee Ng “ona. | Mu \s8 ff Ne LONDON:
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PREFACE.
Tue present volume, which succeeds Volume I. after a comparatively short interval, contains the completion of the account of the Suborder Ostariophysi.
Of the Families belonging to this Suborder, the Characinide are described in Volume I., which also includes three genera of Cyprinidie. The present volume thus contains the greater part of the Cyprinide and the whole of the Siluride.
Much of the material on which the Catalogue is based has been presented to the Museum. ‘The lists given under the respective species contain some record of the way in which the specimens have been acquired, and imply an acknowledgment of the fact that the preparation of the Catalogue has been largely facilitated by public and_ private gencrosity.
SIDNEY TF. HARMER, Keeper of Zoology.
Brirish Muspum (Narorat Hisrory), Lonpon.
December, 1910.
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INTRODUCTION.
TuE first volume of this Catalogue contained the descriptions of 302 species and the enumeration of 3380 specimens. In this second volume, which deals with the bulk of the Cyprinide and the whole of the Siluride, the number of species and specimens amounts to 428 and 4454 respectively.
The enormous increase in the number of species of Barbus, mostly discovered during the last decade, shows how greatly an exploration of the fresh-waters of Africa was needed. ‘That our knowledge of these fishes, from the purely systematic standpoint, is still far from complete is shown by a large collection brought home from Angola by Dr. Ansorge since the present volume was set up in type, as it contains examples of as many as nine new species of Barbus to be added to the 185 here defined.
G. A. BOULENGER.
ZOOLOGICAL DEPARYMEN'S, 19th November, 1910.
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Subord. II. Osta RntroPnyst (con.). | 4, Barbus (con.) Page Fam. 2. Ovprrwrp x (con.). bl. nedgia, BENE Speech tyne Sis 51 Page 32. compinei, Sav... 2.00. +: 3 4io) LSM ONOS Saoctodeceee cos il 33. linnelli, Zénnb. .......... 53 1. tropidolepis, Blgr......... 20 GHlerh hip JG conbucuce ode 54 2. polylepis, Blair. ...12..0. 3 21 30. labiatus, Blgr. .......... 55 Sa holubis Sider acpereercua-i ve 22 | SG..alticola, eBlgratetyy ie. es 55 4. microterolepis, Blgr....-.. 23 | Serintivebi IAG code ccugcore 56 5. macronema, Blgr. ........ 24 38. tanensis, Gthr.)) ..j4 sins. oe 58 6. rueppelli, Blgr. .......... 25 29. fergussonii, Blyr. ........ 59 Uo yin odes ibe nasersoeu 26 | 40. intermedius, Riipp. ...... 59 8. ruspolil, Vincig........... 23 | 41. harringtonii, Blgr......... 61 9. erlangeri, Blgr. .....0.+.. 29 AQ. jarsinus, Blgi Gversyenus 5 - 5 62 10. kassamensis, Blgr......... 30 | ADs lei eellegis. viet utyeta ies 63 11. duchesnii, Blgr..........5-..- - 31 | 44. eduardianus, Blgr......... 63 12. occidentalis, Blgr. .......- 3274 45. eurystomus, Keilh......... 64 13. lobogenys, Blgr. ........ 33 AACN, Loi odes de ouce 64 12S sanakalninth, Vani ee Goes 6c Syl | All SSDS PFUUp DNs bacen sehen 4 65 15. marequensis, A. Smith .... 36 | 48. mathoie, Blgr. .......... 66 16. altianalis, Blgr. .......... 36 | 49. meneliki, Pellegr. ........ 67 17. gananensis, Vincig. ...... 37 50. macmillani, Blgr. ........ 67 ies OEE, VRS Boeke sea ne 38 | 51. plagiostomus, Blgr. ...... 68 NO, merece, Jie Ns 5506 39 52. bingeri, Pellegr. us .:i.4. se 69 20. gudaricus, Bigr........... 40 Oh Wane, Jy cocabaon enc 70 Mls finan, LG Soa dae ane ee 4 54, perplexicans, Blyr......... val ee rence (Ct heen oe oe e eee 42 55. pagenstecheri, J. Gi. Misch.. 72 2S e DALESHs BLO cutout ith is 43 56. rhoadesii, Blgr. .........- 72 24. eumystus, Blgr........... 44 57. platystomus, Blgr......... 73 25. gregoril, Blgi. . «0. ja... 45 | 58) zaphiri, Blogs: te. -teyeepss Ae 74 26. hursensis, Blgr........... 46 59. gorguari, Riipp........... 75 Nia Minniey ini es oescao 00 Fae: 4G 60. oxyrhynchus, Pfeff. ...... 76 28. brevibarbis, Blgr. ........ 49 61. platyrhinus, Blyr......... 76 29. leptosoma, Blgr........... 50 G2" myasseseMenllte esvtspeie site - cts 77 0s GEkeNl, BIG i Wes cuss. 50} 63. elephantis, Blgr. ........ 7
Vili 4.Barbus(con.). 64. bo f wre © es mS ar sector, Blgr. ..... . atlanticus, Blyr. . gilchristi, Blgr. .. . . bowkeri, Blgr. ... . aureus, Cope ..... . johnstonii, Blgr. . 78. zambesensis, Peters yu COONAN w BOO OD OHO OHO HO 6 O& © © C CO CO OC OO MO MO OO M OoIonnrPFPrwonwr opomontraark WNHH SO 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 79. lobochilus, Bigr... . . chilotes, Blgr. ... .caudovittatus,Blgr. .Thodesianus,Blgr.. . victorie, Blgr. ... . fairbairnii, Blgr... . . codringtonii, Blyr.. . wurtzi, Pellegr. . - macrolepis, Pfeff. . . lagoensis, Gthr. ... . altidorsalis, Blgr. . . progenys, Blgr. ... .trimaculatus,Peters . nummifer, Blgr. . . jacksonii, Gthr, ... .pappenheimi,Bigr.. . biscarensis, Blgr. . . callensis, C.g V. . . setivimensis, C. g J BONHAM oo booon - antinoril, Blgr. ... nasus, Githr, ..... serra, Peters ..... paludinosus, Peters taitensis, Gthr, ... pfefferi, Blgr...... mattozi, Guimar. . TAPE,WStrrsstostl thikensis, Blgr. ... pleurogramma, Blgr longicauda, Blgr. SYSTEMATIC INDEX. . micronema, Blgr. ........ 5 WEEN, Jeli Saq06 7. harterti, Gthr. ... . paytoni, Blgr...... . rothschildi, Gthr. . .riggenbachi,Gthr.. . fritschii, Gthr. ... . waldoi, Blgr. ..... ec eet ee eee ec oe Ce CeCe? Page 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 99 100 101 102 103 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 117 117 118 119 120 120 5.
dat 4,Barbus(con.). 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134, 135. 136. 1387. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146, 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. akakianus, Blyr. .......capensis, A. Smith........ serrifer, Blgr. .......... lumiensis, Blgr........... minchinis Blaney: NSOVBLooehelrlelteloiete tetraspilus, Pfeff. ........ laticepssafeyonncielieeieets sexradiatus, Blgr. ........ Salino she fiom etile kerstenti, Peters .......... i eutenia, Blgr. .......... neumayeri, J. G. Fisch... .. nairobiensis, Blgr......... OLN, JHMTE agcooccce0ce CID} JAGi>-90 coo 0c cn od percivali, Blgr. .......... zanzibaricus, Peters ...... argenteus, Gthr, ........ wellmani, Big. .......... kessleri, Std. .......... holotenia, Blgr........... miolepis, Blgr. .......... guirali, Thomin..........litamba, Kelh. ..-....... trevelyani, Gthr. ........ apleurogramma, Blgr. amphigramma, Blgr....... burchelli, A. Smith........ motebensis, Stdr. ........ burpiyesoisaaeereerrserre vulneratus, Cast. ........ usambare, Ldnnb. ........ hemipleurogramma,Blgr... gurneyl, Gthr. ..-. 2.4. -baneuelensis, Blgr. ...... inermis, Peters’ > .).0.... 0. quadripunctatus, Pfeff. .... nigeriensis, Blyr, ........ humeralis, Blgr. ........ radiatus, Peters .......... ablabes) (Buccs cscs cee deserti, Pellegr. ........4.uniteniatus, Gthr......... lineomaculatus, Blgr. innocens, Pfeff. ....+¢....