BARBUS. 165 serrated, % to 2 length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral about } length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 1? times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 21-22 24-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown on the back, yellowish on the sides and below, the lateral scales brown at the base; two longitudinal dark brown streaks embracing the 8 to 10 first scales of the lateral line ; four round black spots on each side, the second higher up than the others, just in front of the vertical of the origin of the dorsal fin, the third below the last rays of the dorsal fin and above the lateral line, the fourth in front of the base of the caudal fin and traversed by the lateral line ; a more or less distinct dark spot on each side of the vent; fins white, a few small black spots on the dorsal. Total length 100 millim.
Gold Coast.
1-8. Types. Ingogosu. R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (C.); Dr. A. Giinther (P.).
161. BARBUS TZENIURUS.
Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, i. p. 24, pl. ii. fig: 2, and Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 35.
Depth of body 33 to 3} times in total length, length of head 33 to Fig.143.
Barbus teniurus.
Type (P. Z. 8. 1903), 4 times. Snout rounded, 5} to 4 times in length of head; eye 4 to 45 times in length of head, interorbital width 24 to 24 times; mouth inferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior 14 to 13, posterior longer, 1} to 2 diameters of eye. Small nuptial pearl-like
166 CYPRINIDA.
tubercles on side of head. Dorsal Il 8, equally distant from end of snout or anterior border of eye and from caudal, border concave ; last simple ray ossified and moderately strong, but much thicker than the first branched ray, not serrated, as long as or a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. — Pectoral 3 to % length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter a little posterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 2 timesaslong asdeep. Scales radiately striated, 24-27 a, 21-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above (in spirit), yellow on the sides and below ; a series of black dots on the lateral line, and a black band on each side of the caudal peduncle; fins white.
Total length 120 millim.
South Cameroon. { 1, 2-4. Types. Kribi R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.).
5-8. Ad. & hgr. a 3 162. BARBUS CAMPTACANTHUS.
Puntius (Barbodes) camptacanthus, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 111, pl. xxiii. fig. 2; Sauv. N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 48, pl. iii. fig.2.
Barbus camptacanthus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 134 (1868) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 34. be Puntius tholonianus, Thomin. Bull. Soe. Philom. (7) x. 1886, p. 164. Depth of body 5 to 54 times in total length, length of head 33 to 4 times. Snout rounded, longer than eye in the adult, as long as eye in the young; eye 33 (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 23 to 24 times; mouth inferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, equal in length, 1 to 14 times diameter of eye. Small nuptial pearl-like tubercles on side of head. Dorsal III 8, a little nearer occiput than caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray flexible, not enlarged, not serrated, + to 2 length of head. Anal ITI 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral } to + length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Cauda] peduncle 14 to 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 21-25 —7*, 25-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. - Dark olive-green aboye, shading to golden on the sides, and white beneath ; scales of the sides dark at the base, most of those of the lateral line with a black spot at the base; a more or less distinct dark lateral stripe, usually expanding
BARBUS. 167 and more intensely black in front and on the caudal peduncle; all the fins, vertical and paired, bright vermilion. Barbus camptacanthus.
Fernando Po. 2.
Total length 155 millim.
Niger, Fernando Po, Cameroon, Spanish Guinea.—Types in Leyden Museum, lapAdy: of R. Bonny. Mr. J. Wood (C.). 2. Skel. a +4 »3-4. Ad. Fernando Po. Mr. L. Fraser (C.). 5-6. Ad. " E. Lort Phillips, Esq. (P.). 7-26. Ad., her., 53 Mr. E. Seimund (C.). &ye.
27. Ad. Nyong R., 8S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, sq. (C.). 28-30. Ad. & yg. Lobi R., Hf 5 31-32. Ad. & her. Zima Country, —,, 33-36, 37-40. Ad. Kribi R., Be «& her.
41-42. Ad. Ja R., 5 5 43. Har. Benito R., Spanish Guinea. 6s 163. BARBUS CALLIPTERUS.
Bouleng. Ann, & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 486. Depth of body 3 to 33 times in total length, length of head 3} to 33 times. Snout rounded, not longer than eye, which is 22 to 34 times in length of- head and equals interorbital width ; mouth terminal, small; lips moderate ; two barbels on eachi side, subequal, = to $ diameter of
168 CYPRINIDA.
eye. Dorsal III 8, nearer occiput than caudal, border slightly 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 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 14 times as long as deep. Scales radiately Fig.145.
Barbus callipterus.
Type.
striated, 23-26 S 2-25 between lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round caudal peduncle. Yellow, brownish on the back, the dorsal and lateral scales dark brown at the base ; dorsal orange in its basal half, white in its distal half, with a large deep black spot between the last simple ray and the third branched ray ; other fins white, the caudal pink or orange at the base.
Total length 80 millim.
Cameroon, Old Calabar, Lagos.
1-4. Types, Kribi R. at Akok,S.Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.). 5-10. Ad. Ghgr. Cross R. district, Old Calabar. Major W. A. Crawford Cockburn (P.).
11-19. Ad. Head-water of Omi R., Lagos. Major G, E. Bruce (P.). 164. BARBUS WERNERI.
Barbus miolepis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 532 (nec Bouleng. 1902).
Barbus werneri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. 63, and Fish. Nile, p. 253, pl. xlvii. fig. 6 (1907).
Depth of body 3 to 5} times in total length, length of head 3} to 4 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 24 to 34 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth terminal, narrow ; lips feebly developéd ; two barbéls on each side, anterior a little shorter
BARBUS. 169 than eye, posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 8 (rarely 7), equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, border scarcely concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as Jong as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 14 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 24-26 sein 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 Barbus werneri.
Type (F. N.).
round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with the sides silvery and bearing three to eight black dots or round spots, the second or third below the dorsal, the last on the caudal peduncle near the caudal fin; fins whitish.
Total length 40 millim.
Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel, Lakes Rudolf and Abaia, Rovuma River.
1. Ad. Alexandria, C. H. Schoeller, Esq. (P.). 2-4, Ad. & yg. Birket Karun, Fayum. Dr. Cunnington and ©. L. Boulenger, Esq. (C.).
5-6, Her. Wady Halfa. Dr. F. Werner (P.). 7. Type. Kaka, White Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 8. Type. Fashoda, __,, is 9-13. Type. Lake No, ,, % 14. ‘Type. Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. 4 15-18. Her. Pond near Gondokoro. Dr. F. Werner (P.). 19. Ad. L. Rudolf. Dr. Donaldson Smith (P.). 20-22. Ad. Rovuma R. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 165. BARBUS ARCISLONG AE.
Barbus trispilopleura, var. arcislonge, Keilhack, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908, p-167.
Described as agreeing in form and coloration with B. trispilopleura, but differing in the more elongate body (its depth 32 to 4} times in total length), the shorter and broader head, longer anterior barbel,
170 CYPRINIDE.
deeper anal, more slender caudal peduncle, and more numerous scales (31-35 in the lateral line).
Lake Nyassa.—Types in Berlin Museum.
166. BARBUS VIVIPARUS.
M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 153.
Depth of body 8 to 34 times in total length, length of head 35 to 4 times. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head; interorbital width 24 times in total length; mouth small, subinferior; lips thin; two barbels on each side, anterior a little Fig.147.
Barbus viviparus.
Durban.
shorter than eye, posterior 13 to 1} diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 3 length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 29-31 a. 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, silvery beneath ; a black line on each side of the head and body, meeting the likewise black lateral line above the anal fin ; a black spot on each side of the base of the anal fin.
Total length 65 millim.
Natal.—Types in Amsterdam University Museum.
1. Ad. Near Durban. J. F. Quekett, Esq. (P.).
167. BARBUS PERINCE.
Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. 11. p. 12, pl. ii. fig. 2 (1837) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 105 (1868), and Petherick’s Tray. ii. p. 262 (1869) ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 246, pl. xlvii. fig. 2 (1907). [ Depth of body 2% to 34 times in total length, length of head 33 to 44
BARBUS. 171 times. Snout rounded, 34 to 44 times in length of head, eye 3 to 3} times, interorbital width 23 to 2} times; mouth terminal or subinferior, small; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior } to $ diameter of eye, posterior 2 to 14, Dorsal III 8 (rarely 7), equally distant from anterior border or centre of eye and from caudal, border more or less distinctly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as or a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching (rarely nearly reaching) ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal Fig.148.
Barbus perince.
Rosetta Nile (F. N.).
peduncle 1 to 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-32 aH, 2-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. “Silvery, back greenish, fins white or tinged with yellow; often three more or less distinct round blackish spots on each side of the body, the first before, the second behind yertical of base of dorsal, the third at root of caudal.
Total length 105 millim.
Lower Nile to Blue Nile and Bahr-el-Gebel.—Types in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort/M.
1, 2-4. Her. & yg. LL. Menzalehat Ghet-el-Nassara. LL Loat, Esq. (C.). 5-9. Ad. Lower Nile. J. Petherick, Esq. (C.).
10. Skel. spin D go ae 11. Ad. Rosetta Nile, near Barrage. L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 12-16. Ad. Damietta Nile, s a 17-20. Types. Nile at Cairo. Dr. Riippell (C.).
21-22. Ad. 55 L. Loat, Esq. (C.).
23. Ad. Nile near Cairo. 55 24-26. Ad. & hgr. Canal near Cairo. : 3
172 27-36. Hgr. & yg. 3/—46. Ad. & her. 47-56. Ad. & hgr. 57. Skel.
58-60. Ad.
61-69. Ad. & her. 70-73. Ad. & her. 74-77. Ad. & her. 78 Her.
79. Ad.
80-82. Ad. & hgr. 83. Her.
CYPRINIDA.
Giza, near Cairo. Embabeh, Lower Nile. Beni Souef, 5 ” ” Between Abu Tig and Assiut. Near Luxor.
Between Luxor and Assuan. Assuan.
Rosaires, Blue Nile. Gharb-el-Aish, White Nile. Fashoda, White Nile. Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. Capt. 8. Flower (P.). L. Loat, Esq. (C.). Capt. 8. Flower (P.). Li. Loat, Esq. (C.). 99 bb} 168. BARBUS TRISPILOPLEURA. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 437, and Fish. Nile, p. 249, pl. xlvii. fig. 3 (1907).
Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head ; Fig.149.
Barbus trispilopleura. Type (F. N.).
> interorbital width 24 times in length of head; mouth small, terminal ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 2 diameter of eye, posterior a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 7-8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not, reaching caudal. Pectoral 2 length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 12 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27—28 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery on the sides and below; three round black spots on each side, first and second above lateral line, third on lateral line at base of caudal; fins greyish. Total length 45 millim. Lake Tsana, Abyssinia. Bahardar.
1-3. Types. Mr. E. Degen (C.).