BARBUS. 21 equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, long, not serrated, 3 to once length of head. Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral about # length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal Barbus tropidolepis.
Type (A. M.C.). +.
peduncle 1} to 1} times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 44-46 = 5 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle ; in most specimens, scales, at least those below lateral line on caudal portion of body, bearing a median swelling or obtuse keel, these keels forming together very regular longitudinal lines. Olive above, silvery white beneath.
Total length 550 millim. Grows to 1 metre.
Lake Tanganyika.
1-3. Types. Usambura. Prof. J. HE. S. Moore (C.). 4, Ad. Niamkolo. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C.).
Be Wai Mbete. C 6. Yg. Uvira. 3 2. BARBUS POLYLHEPIS.
Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 308, fig.
Depth of body 4} times in total length, length of head 34 times. Snout rounded-subacuminate, 3 times in length of head, feebly projecting beyond mouth; eye 44 times in length of head, interorbital width 33 times; mouth small, inferior, its width 4 times in length of head ; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin; two barbels
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on each side, subequal in length, 2 diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its rigid part 3 length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching root of caudal. Pectoral 3 length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Barbus polylepis.
Type(P.Z.8S.1907).
Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 43 a 5 between lateral line and ventral, 18 round caudal peduncle. Olive-grey above, white beneath.
Total length 120 millim.
Klein Olifant River, Limpopo System.
1. Type. Klein Olifant R., Transvaal. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 3. BARBUS HOLUBI.
Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii. i. 1894, p. 449, pl. ii. fig. 1; M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 151; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p- 424, and Proce. Zool. Soe. 1907, p. 309.
Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 33 to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, 31 to 4 times in length of head; eye 33 (young) to 43 times in length of head, interorbital width 2% to 5 times; mouth subinferior, its width 4 to 5 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower continuous across chin; two barbels on each side, posterior not or but slightly longer than anterior and as long as eye or little longer. Dorsal LV 8, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal, or a little nearer latter, border feebly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, nearly straight, $ to # length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head,
BARBUS. 23 not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal, the origin of which falls a little behind first ray of ventral. Caudal peduncle 2 to 23 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 36-42 ee 4 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, silvery white beneath. Fig.4.
Barbus holabi.
Type, after Steindachner (2. ¢.). 3.
Total length 210 millim.
Vaal River and Limpopo River to Natal.—Type in Vienna Museum. 1. Ad. Vaal R., near Vredefort, Japt. Barrett-Hamilton (P.). Orange R. Colony.
2-3, Ad. & gr. Groot Olifant R., Major G. E. Bruce (P.). Transvaal.
4-7, Ad., her, & Mooi R. at Potchefstreem, Mr. Stenning (C.); yg. Transvaal. 5. African Museum (P.).
8-9. Ye. Ngoya Hills, Zululand. Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; C. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.).
Barbus natalensis, Casteln. Mém. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 59 (1861), from the Tugela River, is insufficiently described, but the few notes given do not disagree with the characters of the above species. 4, BARBUS MICROTEROLEPIS., Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 426. Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 times in total length. Snout rounded, 34 times in length of head; eye 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth terminal, its width 44 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower continuous ; two barbels on each side, anterior $ diameter of eye, posterior as long as
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eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border deeply concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, slightly curved, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter a little posterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as Barbus macroterolepis.
Type. 2.
deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 40 i 4 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, silvery beneath ; fins greyish.
Total length 135 millim.
Maki River (Lake Zwai), Southern Ethiopia.
1. Type. Maki R. at Buggali, 4000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C.). 5. BARBUS MACRONEMA.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 427.
Depth of body 33 to 33 times in total length, length of head 34 to 4 times. Snout rounded, 34 to 33 times in length of head; eye 6 to 63 times in length of head, interorbital width 28 to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 5} to 4 times in length of head; lips well developed, lower continuous and with a very short, rounded or truncate median lobe; two barbels on each side, nearly equal, 2 to 24 diameters of eye. Dorsal LV 8, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, or a little nearer former, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, about 3 length of head. Anal III 5, reaching
BARBUS. 25 root of caudal, or a little beyond. Pectoral $ to ¢ length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, ar6% 32-37 ¢@:, 4 between lateral line and ventral, 12 or 14 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; fins greyish. Barbus macronema.
1 Type. 4.
Total length 365 millim.
Hawash River System, Southern Ethiopia.
1. Type. Maki R. at Gafersa, 5000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C.). 2-3. Types. Hawash R. at Dedota, 5500 ft.
4, Type. Hurso R., Upper Adal, 7000 ft. ep 5. Skel. - ‘ = 6. BARBUS RUEPPELLI.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 427. Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 to 3% times in total length. Snout broad, rounded, 3 to 54 times in length of head; eye 43 (young) to 63 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 to 53 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head; lips broad, continuous across the chin, but not forming a median lobe; two barbels on each side, anterior 13 to 1? diameters of eye, posterior 13 to 2. Dorsal IV 8, nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, 2 to 3 length of head. Anal III 4, reaching caudal or a little beyond. Pectoral ? to $ length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below or slightly posterior
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to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 33-36 a 4 between lateral line and ventral, 12 or 14 round caudal peduncle. Greenish above, golden on the sides and below; fins yellowish green.
Barbus rucppelli.
Type. 3.
Total length 340 millim.
Errer River (Hawash System), Southern Ethiopia.
1-4. Types. Errer R., Upper Adal, 4000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C.). 5. Skel. 5 ” br) 7. BARBUS BYNNI.
Cyprinus bynni, Forsk. Deser. Anim. p. 71 (1775) ; Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 1414 (1789); Sonnini, Voy. Egypte, iii. p. 400, pl. xxvii. fig. 3 (1799). Cyprinus lepidotus, Geoftr. Descr. Egypte, Poiss. pl. x. fig. 2 (1809). Barbus binny, I. Geoffr. op. cit. p. 282 (1827). Barbus lepidotus, Riipp. Beschr. n. Fische Nil, p. 4 (1829). Barbus bynni, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvi. p. 174 (1842) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vil. p- 104 (1868), and Petherick’s Tray. ii. p. 261 (1869) ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p- 203, pl. xxxiv. (1907).
Depth of body 23 to 3} (exceptionally 33) times in total length, length of head 4 or 5 times. Snout rounded or subacuminate, more or less prominent, 34 to 3% times in length of head; eye 3 (young) to 6 times in length of head, interorbital width 25 to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 6 times in length of head; lips well developed, sometimes very strongly, lower continuous across the chin and usually
BARBUS. 27 produced into a median rounded or subtriangular lobe which is shorter than the eye; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye or a little longer (shorter in the young), posterior usually 14 to 13 diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 9 (rarely 8, exceptionally 10), equally distant from Barbus bynni, Nubia (F. N.). 3.
occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, its ossified part usually 14 to 13 times length of head (exceptionally slightly shorter than head). Anal III 5, sometimes nearly reaching root of caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below or slightly in advance of anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1] to 14 times as long as deep. Scales finely striated longitudinally, 31-39 (usually 34-37) 5 (exceptionally ape. 3 (rarely 34, exceptionally 4) between lateral line and ventral, 14 (rarely 12 or 16) round caudal peduncle. Yellowish or silvery, grey or olive on the back; fins yellow or orange, anal and caudal pink or red, ends of dorsal and caudal rays sometimes blackish.
Total length 460 millim. Grows to 660 millim.
Nile and Lake Baringo.
1-6. Ad. & her. Lower Nile. J. Petherick, Esq. (C.). 7. Skel. . i 8-9. Her. Near Damietta. L. Loat, Esq. (C.).
10. Her. Near San, L. Menzaleh. 3
28 11-18. Ad., her., &yg.
19-26. Hgr. & yg. 27. Her.
28-32. Her.
33-40, 41-48. Ad. «yg:
49, Ad.
50. Her.
51. Ad.
52. Her.
53. Her.
54-55. Hor.
56-65. Yo.
66-67. Her.
68. Ad.
69. Her.
70-79. Ye.
CYPRINIDA Damietta Nile, near Samannud.
Damietta Nile, near Samannud, upstream side of Barrage.
Near Warreg Id., 2 miles N. Cairo.
NearCairo.
Beni Souef.
Sanhur, near Beni Souef. Bahr Selah, Fayum. Lahun, Bahr-Yusuf, Fayum. Birket Karun.
Between Abu-Tig and Assiut. Near Luxor.
Between Luxor and Assuan. Assuan.
Korosko, Nubia. Derr, <e Wadi Halfa.
L. Loat, Esq. (C.). by) Dr. Cunnington and C. L. Boulenger, Esq. (C.). L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 80. Yg. Kosheh, Nubia. Simyic: N. of Kesmah, Nubia. i 82. Yg. Korti, Nubia. 8 83-90. Her. Khartum. J. Petherick, Esq. (C.). OB Go7 Rosaires, Blue Nile. Capt. 8. Flower (P.). 92-101. Hgr.&yg. 4. Baringo. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 8. BARBUS RUSPOLII. Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xvii. 1896, p. 29, and xix. 1898, p. 260; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 564. Depth of body 23 to 3 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded or subacuminate, not prominent, 33 to 32 times in length of head; eye 4 to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 24 to 3 times; mouth subinferior, its width 4 to 45 times in length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower continuous across the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye, posterior 14 to 14 diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray extremely strong, bony, not serrated, its ossified part 13 to 1} length of head. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, reaching or nearly