BARBUS. 149 length of head; mouth small, inferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, posterior longer than anterior and as long as or a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter wholly or partly anterior to dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 30-36 sees 34-43 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, usually with a lateral series of round black spots.
Total length 70 millim.
Cape Colony.
1-2. Ad. Zonder Hende R. (trib. of For- Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). cade R.) near Ondtsloon.
3. Her. Baakens R. near Port Elizabeth. O. West, Esq. (P.). Barbus (Pseudobarbus) pallidus, A. Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr., Fish. pl. xi. fig. 2 (1840), from “clear streams in various parts of Cape Colony,” may be based in part on the preceding fish, but the figure cannot be identified with it, and the description is very unsatisfactory. The figure represents a Barbus 65 millim. long, with the depth of the body 33 times in the total length, the length of the head 4 times; eye 3 times in length of head; barbels yery short. Dorsal with 7 soft rays, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, its origin corresponding to that of the ventral. From the figure the scale-formula would be 30 ap 3, 12. Uniform greenish-brown above, white beneath. 142. BARBUS USAMBAR.
Lénnb. Kilim.-Meru Exped., Fish. p. 5 (1907).
Depth of body 3% times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout much shorter than eye, which is about 34 times in length of head ; interorbital width about 23 times in length of head; two barbels on each side, posterior longer, about as long as eye. Dorsal III 7, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal IIT 5. Pectoral not reaching ventral; base of latter anterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales 30 oF 3 between lateral line and ventral. Silvery, with a
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somewhat darker lateral streak, a black spot at the root of the caudal, and a cloudy spot at the base of the anal.
Total length 44 millim.
Tanga, opposite Pemba Island, coast of German Kast Africa.—Type in Stockholm Museum.
143. BARBUS HEMIPLEUROGRAMMA, sp. n.
Depth cf body equal to length of head, 34 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 33 times in length of head ; interorbital width 24 times in length of head; mouth small, terminal or subinferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 2 to 3 length of eye, posterior 1 to 14 times. Dorsal III 7, border Fig.126.
Barbus hemipleurogramma, Type.
straight, equally distant from eye and from caudal; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, a little shorter than head. Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral % to $ length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1% times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27-29 Zz, 24-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle; lateral line incomplete, extending on the anterior 8 to 15 scales only. Brownish above, whitish beneath ; usually a few round blackish spots forming a regular series along each side.
Total length 50 millim.
Cape Colony.
1-4, Ad. Baakens R. near Port Elizabeth. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 144. BARBUS GURNEYI.
Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 102 (1868), part.; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ix. 1902, p. 288.
Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 32 to 3 bole
BARBUS. 151 times in total length. Snout rounded, 34 to 34 times in length of head ; eye 33 (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 to 34 times; mouth terminal; lips moderate ; two barbelson each side, anterior 3 to $ diameter of eye, posterior 1 to 1} diameters. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border slightly convex ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, 3 to ? length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 2 to ? length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 31-35 apap 1s Barbus guineyi.
Type.
between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath ; a rather indistinct dark streak from above origin of lateral line to root of caudal, where it may end in a small black spot. Total length 100 millim.
Natal and Zululand.
1-5. Types. Durban. Mr, T. Ayres (C.).
9-16. Her. & ye. M. Fougosi R. (trib. of W. KE. Tones, Esq. (P.). Tugela), Zululand.
17-26. Hgr. & yg. Umfulosi, Zululand. Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; C. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.).
145. BARBUS BANGUELENSIS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 643.
Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, equal to diameter of eye and to interorbital width, 32 times in length of head; mouth small, subinferior; lips thin; two barbels on each side, barely 4 diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 7, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal; last simple ray not enlarged, not
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serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral $ length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Fig.128.
yy) y\ ae SANs YP SNsaess Barbus banguelensis.
Type.
Scales 28 sh, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, posterior border of scales blackish; a black streak along the side of head, passing through the eye; fins greyish.
Total length 90 millim.
Lake Bangwelu.
1. Type. L. Bangwelu. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.).
146. BARBUS INERMIS.
Barbus (Dangila) inermis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 683. Barbus inermis, Giinth, Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (1868) ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p- 54, pl. xi. fig. 3 (1868) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 310. Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 33 to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 34 to 3% times in length of head; interorbital width 23 to 3 times in length of head; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderate; two barbels on each side, posterior longer than anterior and 3 to % diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 8-9, equally distant from eye or snout and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1% to 2 times as long as deep. Scales with numerous
BARBUS. 1538 feebly radiating strie*, 29-31 aa 24-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark green or olive above, yellowish beneath ; fins pale green.
Barbus inermis.
Type,afterPeters(ReiseMossamb.).
Total length 100 miJlim.
Lower Zambesi and Limpopo Systems.
1-3. Ad. & her. Groot Olifant R., Transvaal. Major G. EH. Bruce (P.). 147. BARBUS QUADRIPUNCTATUS.
Barbus trimaculatus (non Peters), Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. 2, 1893, p. 37. Barbus quadripunctatus, Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 64 (1896). Depth of body equal to length of head, 3} times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2% times in length of head (young ?); interorbital width 24 times in length of head; mouth small, inferior; lips moderate; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, which measures about 3} diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 2 length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27-30 ip 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back brownish; three or four small round blackish spots on each side, the last at base of caudal.
Total length 35 millim.
Rufu River (Kingani), German East Africa.—Types (probably young), in Hamburg Museum, examined.
* In this respect the scales of this species may be said to establish a link between the twodivisionsofthegenusadoptedinthepresentarrangement.
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148. BARBUS NIGERIENSIS.
Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 327, pl. xxviii. fig. 3. Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 22 to 31 times in length of head ; interorbital width 23 to 22 times in length of head; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior a Fig.180.
Barbus nigeriensis.
Type.
little shorter than posterior, which equals diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre or anterior border of eye and from caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-29 aa 24 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, pale brownish on the back, with a more or less distinct darker lateral streak, which may be broken up into small spots ; fins whitish.
Total length 60 millim.
Lower Niger, Cameroon.
1. Type. Agberi, Lower Niger. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.). DeeAd. Oyan R., ,, ss A. E. Kitson, Esq. (P.).
3-10. Ad. & hgr. Ja R. (Congo System), G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.). S.Cameroon.
149. BARBUS HUMERALIS.
Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 33, pl. ix. fig. 3 (1902). Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, nearly as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head; interorbital width 22 times in length of head; mouth small, inferior ;
BARBUS. 155 lips thin; two barbels on each side, nearly equal, as long as eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Barbus Teena ‘He Type (A. M. C.).
Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-26 a 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, each scale of the upper parts blackish at the base ; a black vertical bar behind the gill-opening ; fins white. Total length 65 millim.
Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren.
1. One of the types. Yembe R. at Banzyville. Capt. Royaux (C.). 150. BARBUS RADTIATUS.
Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1853, p. 783, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 56, pl. x. fig. 3 (1868).
Fig.132.
Barbus radiatus.
Type,afterPeters(ReiseMossamb.).
Depth of body equal to length of head, 32 times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth inferior ; two barbels on each side,
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posterior a little longer than anterior and about % diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral little shorter than head, reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 13 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 26-27 a 2 between lateral line and ventral. Silvery, back green.
Total length 48 millim.
Revugo River, Lower Zambesi.—Type in Berlin Museum. 151. BARBUS ABLABES.
Puntius (Barbodes) ablabes, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p- 114, pl. xxiii. fig. 1.
Enteromius potamogalis, Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (2) xiti. 1867, p. 407. Barbus ablabes, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p.79 ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 33.
Depth of body 23 to 3 times in total length, length of head 35 to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, 3 or 32 times in length of head, interorbital width 2? or 3 times; mouth inferior; lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, posterior 3 to 1 diameter of eye Barbus ablabes.
Kotchwah kh.
and twice as long as anterior. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, as long as head. Anal III 6, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 8 to # length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 22-25 a 2-24 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath,