O35 BARBUS. 3 18. Ad. Zuja R., alll. of Sagan R., Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.); 4200 ft. W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.).
19. Her. L. Gandjule, 5000 ft. eS 32, BARBUS COMPINEI.
Barynotus compinei, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1878, p. 102, and N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. 1880, p. 51, pl. i. fig. 4.
Barbus compinet, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 44. Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 5} times. Snout rounded, about 24 times in length of head; eye 74 times in length of head, interorbital width a little less than 3 times; lips well developed, lower continuous; two barbels on each side, posterior the longer and a little longer than eye. Dorsal IV 10, nearer occiput than caudal, border concave; last simple ray moderately strong, bony, not serrated, shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral shorter than bead, not reaching ventral; base of latter a little behind vertical of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about twice as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30 a 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. Purplish erey, scales bluish at the base ; fins grey.
Total length 730 millim.
Ogowe. —'Type (stuffed) in Paris Museum.—I am indebted to Dr. Pellegrin for notes supplementing the original description of this species.
33. BARBUS LINNELLI.
Lonnb. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiii. 1904, p. 138.
Depth of body 34 to 4 times in total length, length of head 54 to 532 times. Snout rounded, 24 times, or slightly more, in length of head ; eye 6 to 6$ times in length of head, interorbital width 25 to 23 times; mouth inferior ; lips well developed, lower continuous across the chin ; two Larbels on each side, anterior 1 to 1} diameters of eye, posterior 14. Dorsal III 8, nearer occiput than caudal, border concave; last simple ray rather strong, bony, not serrated, slightly curved, a little more than 2 length of head. Anal III 5. 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 longitudinally striated, 26-27 i 2 between lateral line aud ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Total length 455 millim.
Elephant Lake, Cameroon Mountain.— Types in Gothenburg Museum.
o4 CYPRINIDA.
34. BARBUS KRAPFY, sp. n.
Depth of body 3 to 34 times in total length, length of head 3} to 3% times. Snout rounded, 3} to 3% times in length of head; eye 33 (young) to 53 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior ; lips well developed, lower continuous across the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1 to 14 diameters of eye, posterior 14 to 14 (not longer than eye in young). Dorsal JII-IV 9 (rarely 8), equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border concave; last Ra, OY Hie.
33.
Barbus krapfi.
Type. 3simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, straight or feebly curved, 4 to 3 length of head. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or slightly shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 25-27 Z 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, the scales darker at the base, yellowish white beneath; fins greyish.
Total length 205 millim.
Niro-Narok River System, flowing into Lorian Swamp, and Upper Athi River, British East Africa.
1-3. Types. Niro-Narok System, 4000-5000 ft. §, L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 4-8. Yg. Simba R., trib. of Athi R., 3000 ft. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.).
BARBUS. y3) 35. BARBUS LABIATUS.
Barbus (Labeobarbus) labiatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soe. 1902, ii. p. 223, pl. xvii. fig. 1. ’ Depth of body a little greater than length of head, 33 times 10 ete length. Snout obtusely pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, 3 aie in length of head; eye 54 times in length of head, interorbital width 23 times; width of mouth 4 times in length of head; lips extremely 2 3S): i developed, each produced into a long triangular flap; two barbels on Fig.34.
Barbus labiatus.
Type (P. ZS. 1902). 3.
each side, anterior as long as eye, posterior slightly longer. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, curved, } length of head. Anal IIf 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-29 a 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; fins grey. Total length 270 millim.
Mathoiya River (Tana System), Kenya district, British East Africa. 1. Type. Mathoiya R. 8. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.).
36. BARBUS ALTICOLA.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 566. Depth of body 34 to 3} times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 54 times in length of head; eye 6 to 65 times in
56 CYPRINIDE.
length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head; lips moderate, lower continuous across chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 14 to 14 diameters of eye, posterior 12 to 13. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, or slightly nearer former, border strongly concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, 3 length of head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching Mean ois Fig.35.
Barbus alticola.
Type. 3.
ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 1% times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-29 a 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery grey above, the scales darker at the base, white beneath.
Total length 500 millim.
Alaba River, flowing into Lake Gandjule (Margherita). 1-2. Types. Alaba It., 6000 ft. Mr. P, ©. Zaphiro (C.) ; W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.).
37. BARBUS HINDIL.
Rarbus tanensis, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 90. Barbus hindi, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 222, pl. xvi. fig. 1; Pellegr. Mém. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 177; Lonnb. Kilim.-Meru Exped., Fish. p. 5 (1907).
Depth of body 23 to 33 times in total length, length of head 54 to 43 times. Snout rounded, 5 to 54 times in length of head; eye 4
BARBUS. 57 (young) to 6 times in length of head, interorbital width 23 to 5 times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 to 4 timesin length of head; lips moderately developed, lower continuous across chin (rarely interrupted) ; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye or a little longer, posterior 1 to 1 diameters of eye. Dorsal III-IV 9-10, equally distant from occiput er eye and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight or very feebly curved, nearly as long as Fig.36.
Barbus hindi.
Type (P. Z. 8. 1902). 2.
head or a little longer in young. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, usually nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 13 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 24-29 a 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, silvery below ; fins greyish. Total length 420 millim.
Tana, Athi, and Pangani River Systems, East Africa. 1-4. Types. Mathoiya R. (Tana), 4000 ft. 8. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 5-14. Yo. Hh ae Es 15-27. Ad. & her. Athi R. ©. B.S. Storey, Hsq. (Ba):
28,29-31, Her. (Types Kibwesi R. (Athi). Prot. J. W. Gregory of B. tanensis.) (a:
32-34. Yo. (Types of G. el Narua (Baringo).
ZB, tanensis.)
58 CYPRINIDA.
38. BARBUS TANENSIS.
Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soe. 1894, p. 90, pl. xi. (part.). Depth of body 23 to 3 times in total length, length of head 43 to 42 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 55 times in length of head; eye 4 to 43 times in length of head, interorbital width 2} to 24 times; mouth inferior, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin; two barbels on each side, anterior 1} to 14 diameters of eye, posterior 13 to 2. Dorsal III-IV 9-10, equally distant from occiput or eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; Barbus tanensis.
Type. 4.
last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, curved, as long as head or a little shorter ($). Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head or a little longer, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 25-28 are 13-2 between lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; fins sometimes blackish.
Total length 350 millim.
Thikathika River, Upper Tana, East Africa.
1-6. Types. Thikathika R. Prof. W. J. Gregory (P.). 7. Skel. ” Led
BARBUS. 5Y 39. BARBUS FERGUSSONII.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 12, and Fish. Nile, p. 230, pl. xliii. fig. 1 (1907).
Depth of body 33 to 43 times in total length, length of head 4 to 43 times. Snout rather pointed, 3 times in length of head; eye 5 to 53 times in length of head, mterorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 5 times in length of head; lips moderate, lower interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, posterior a little longer. Dorsal IV 9, nearer occiput than candal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, scarcely Zs Barbus ferqussonit.
Type (EF. N.). 2.
curved, 2 to 3 length of head. Anal IIT 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 12 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 36-37 i 23 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, lighter beneath, the scales darker at the base.
Total length 255 millim.
Lake Albert Edward.
1-2. Types. L. Albert Edward. Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C.). 40. BARBUS INTERMEDIUS.
Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 7, pl. i. fig. 2 (1837) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 424, and Fish. Nile, p. 228, pl. xxxix. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body 35 to 4 times in total length, length of head 32 to 44
60 CYPRINID#.
times. Snont rounded, 3 to 33 times in length of head; eye 33 (young) to 6 times in length of head, interorbital width 22 to 34 times; mouth inferior, ifs width 4 to 5 times in length of head; lips moderate, lower interrupted on chin; two barbels on each side, anterior % (young) to 15 diameters of eye, posterior 1 to 12 (less in the young). Dorsal IV 8-9, a little nearer occiput than caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, $ to $ length of head in adult, nearly as long as head or even longer in young. Anal III 5, often reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} to 2 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-38 G57, 25-3 Fig.39.
Barbus tntermedius.
L. Ysana (FE. N.). 3.
between lateral line and ventral, 12 (rarely 14) round caudal peduncle. Olive or green above, yellow or pinkish beneath; fins brown or olive, caudal sometimes green.
Yotal length 400 millim.
Lake Tsana and upper tributaries of Blue Nile, Omo and Lake Abaia basins.—Type in Senckenberg Museum, Irankfort (M.). 1-5. Ad. & hgr. Zegi, L. Tsana. Mr. BE. Degen (C.). 6-11, 12-21. Ad., Bahardarand Zegi, L. Tsana. 2) her., & yo.
22. Skel, L, Tsana. Rs 23-24, Her. Didessa R., 1500 ft. Mr. P. C. Zapiro (C.) ; W.N. McMillan, sq. (P.).
25 Hig Juju R., affl. of Didessa R., - 2000Et.
26-27. Hor.& yg. Urgessa R., affl, of Didessa R., 2300 Fh.