BARBUS. 181 caudal, border scarcely concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, about as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral # length of head, reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} to 13 timesas long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 26-28 = 2-24 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-grey above, silvery below. Total length 110 millim.
Upper Congo (Sanga River) and Ogowe.—Type in Paris Museum. 179. BARBUS ASPILUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 337.
Depth of body 24 to 2% times in total length, length of head 3% to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 35 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth Fig.159.
Barbus aspilus.
Type.
small, subinferior ; lips moderate; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head,
182 CYPRINIDA, reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly as deep as long. Scales radiately striated, 24~27 oe 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish brown above, the scales dark brown at the base, silvery below. Total length 130 millim.
South Cameroon.
1. Type. Ja R. at Bitye. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.). 2-4, Ad. me sf os 5, Skel. 1 ry 22 6. Ad. . fayong. ¥ 180. BARBUS ANEMA.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 533, and Fish. Nile, p. 257, pl. xlvii. fig. 7 (1907).
Depth of body 23 to 3} times in total length, length of head 33 to 4 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2} to 3 times in length of head and nearly equals interorbital width; mouth small, Fig.160, Barbus anema,.
Type (F. N.).
terminal; lips feebly developed; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border scarcely concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral # or # length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle not or but slightly longer than deep. Scales radiately striated, 22-25 a 2-25 between lateral line and ventral, 8-10 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, yellowish above, the dorsal scales sometimes edged with blackish ; sometimes a blackish lateral streak, passing through the eye. Total length 57 millim.
Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel.
BARBUS. 183 1-2. Types. Between Luxor and Assuan. L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 3-8. Types. Fashoda, White Nile. fy 9-14, 15-17, 18-20. Types. Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. 181. BARBUS TRISPILOMIMUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 337; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (10) i. 1909, p. 47.
Depth of body 3} times in total length, length of head 3 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 23 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth small, inferior, with thin lips; Barbus trispilominus.
Type. x 1.
no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre 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 shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 23 3 25 between lateral line and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish above, silvery below; three large round black spots on each side of the body, on the lateral line, the first in front of the vertical of the dorsal, the second behind the vertical of the dorsal, the third in front of the caudal; two small black spots at the base of the dorsal. Total length 35 millim.
Ogowe.
1. Type. ?
182. BARBUS SALESSIL.
Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1908, p. 207, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) x. 1908, p. 130, fig.
Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 35 times. a
184 CYPRINIDA.
Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is about 3} times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth small, terminal ; lips feebly developed; no barbels. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from centre 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 1} to 13 times as long as deep. Scales 5i radiately striated, 22-24 3:, 1} between Jateral line series and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle; lateral line extending on 5 to 8 anterior scales only. Yellowish, with a greyish lateral band ; a round black spot at root of caudal.
Total length 44 millim.
French Guinea.—Types in Paris Museum.
1. One of the types. Rotuma near Konakry. Dr. Wurtz (C.) ; Paris Museum (E.).
183. BARBUS JA.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 437.
Depth of body equal to length of head, 3} to 34 times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is barely 3 times in length of head ; mouth small, nearly terminal, with feebly developed lips; no Barbus je.
Type. x 12.
barbels. Dorsal Il 7, equally distant from anterior border 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 shorter than head, not reaching ventral; latter a little behind vertical of origin of dorsal. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 14 to nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 20-25 a 2 between lateral line series and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle. Lateral line absent or reduced to two or three tubules. Yellowish, the scales edged with dark
BARBUS. 185 brown ; a large round black spot on each side behind the gill-opening, another at the root of the caudal, and 3 to 8 dark vertical bars between them ; a small blackish spot at the origin of the dorsal fin. Total length 38 millim.
South Cameroon.
1-3. Types. Ja R. at Bitye. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C.). 4-13. Ad. & hgr. a 53 14-16. Ad. Bumba R. at Assobam. 5 17-19. Ad. Kribi R. near Efulen. uf 20-25. Ad. Zima Country. sf 26-30. Ad. Nyong R. 7 184. BARBUS STIGMATOPYGUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 533, and Fish. Nile, p. 258, pl. xviii. fig. 8 (1907).
Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 3} times in total length. Snout rounded, much shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and a little less than interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal; lips feebly developed; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally _ distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long or nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 12 times as long as deep. Scales radiately . Barbus stigmatopygus.
Type (F. N.).
striated, 22-25 a, 1} between lateral line series and ventral, 9-11 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line reduced to 3-6 tubules. Yellowish with silvery sheen; a small round black spot at the base of the caudal and another at the base of the anal ; one or two black spots often present on the middle line of the side.
Total length 24 millim.
White Nile.
1-7. Types. Lake No. L. Loat, Esq. (C.).
186 CYPRINIDZ.
185. BARBUS PUMILUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 444, and Fish. Nile, p. 259, pl. xlviii. fig. 2 (1907).
Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, about 3 times in total length. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 timesin length of head and a little less than interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal; lips feebly developed; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Fig.164.
Barbus pumilus, Type (F..N.).. x 2.
Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 19-21 * 14 between lateral line series, which is formed of very deep scales, and ventral, 9 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line reduced to 3 or 4 tubules. Yellowish above, scales edged with black, white beneath ; a black streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; a blackish vertical streak at the root of the anal; dorsal and anal with a red bar and one or two black ones.
Total length 26 millim.
White Nile.
1-10. Types. Lake No. L. Loat, Esq. (C.).
5. RASBORA.
Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xx. 1860, p. 435, and Atlas Ichthyol. iii. p. 118 (1863) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 193 (1868).
Body more or less compressed, with rounded belly, covered with large or moderate scales. Lateral line low down, following the ventral outline of the body and running along the lower part of the caudal peduncle.
RASBORA. 187 Mouth moderate, oblique, without lips or barbels, lower jaw projecting. Suborbitals large, covering the cheek. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 9 rays, 7 of which are branched, originating behind the vertical of the ventrals, but not extending to above the anal. Anal fin with 7 rays. A scaly process at the base of the ventrals. Pharyngeal teeth conical, hooked, in three series.
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia; one species in Africa. 1. RASBORA ZANZIBARENSIS.
Playf. & Giinth. Fish. Zanzib. p. 119, pl. xvii. fig. 4 (1866) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 197 (1868).
Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 32 times. Head twice as long as broad, upper profile nearly straight; snout Fig.165, a WA Rasbora zanzibarensis.
Type, after Playfair & Giinther (J. c.).
rounded, as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye; chin feebly prominent; naked space between preoperculum and suborbitals narrow. Gill-rakers nearly as long as gill-lamellz, 13 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 7, originating midway between occiput and caudal, longest ray % length of head. Anal II 5, longest ray 2 length of head. Pectoral pointed, a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales with numerous radiating striew, 33 af 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Uniform silvery.
Total length 65 millim.
Rovuma River, Kast Africa.
1. Type. Rovuma R. Sir L. Playfair (C.).
188 CYPRINIDA.
6. LEUCISCUS.
Cuv. Régne Anim. ii. p. 194 (1817); Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 207 (1868). Phowxinellus, Heckel, Russegger’s Reise, ii. p. 1039 (1843) *. Body more or less elongate, more or less compressed, with rounded or obtusely keeled belly; scales large or small. Lateral line low down on the body, median on at least the posterior part of the caudal peduncle. Mouth moderate or rather large, without lips or barbels. Suborbitals small, cheek naked. Dorsal fin without ossified ray, with 9 to 14 rays, 6 to 11 of which are branched, originating above the ventrals or a little further back. Anal fin with 8 to 15 rays. Pharyngeal teeth conical, more or less hooked, in one or two series (in a single series, 5—9, in the African species).
Europe, Northern and Temperate Asia, North-West Africa, and North America.
Two closely allied species in Algeria and Tunisia: — Anal III 9-10; Lat. 1.43-48. 2. . . . . . 1. ZL. eallensis, Guich., p. 188. Anal III 7-8; Lat.1.37-43 . . . . . . . 2. ZL. chaignoni, Vaill., p. 189. 1. LEUCISCUS CALLENSIS.
Guichen. Explor. Sc. Alg., Poiss. p. 94, pl. vii. fig. 2 (1850) ; Playf. & Letourn. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) viii. 1871, p. 391.
Leuciscus (Phoxinellus) chaignoni, part., Chaignon, Bull. Soc. H. N. Autun, xvii. 1904, pl. vi. figs. 5-6; Pellegr. in Gadeau de Kerv. Voy. Zool. Khroumir. p- 93 (1908).
Alburnus callensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 46. Depth of body 33 to 4 times in total length, length of head 3% to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as or shorter than eye, which is 3 to 33 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth oblique, jaws equal in front. Gill-rakers few and short. Belly rounded. Dorsal III 7, originating above the middle of the space between ventrals and anal, and at equal distance from occiput or eye and from caudal, border convex ; longest ray a little shorter than head. Anal III 9-10, border slightly concave. Pectoral not quite reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 1} to 2 times as long as deep. Scales with on 3 93-102 } numerous radiating striz, 43-48 ~~, 23-3 between lateral line and * The other very numerous generic names which should be included under Lewciscus may well be left out here, as having no bearing on African Ichthyology.