. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 124 CYPRINID^. Total length 380 millim. Cape Colony. 1. Type, stuffed. 2. Hgr. 3. Skel. 4. Hgr. 5-6. Hgr. & yg. W. Coast of Cape Colony Burg R., Paarl Division. Burg R., near Paarl. Burg R,, Wellington. Sir A. Smith (P.). South African Museum (E.). Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). Mr. Seimund (C.) ; Col. Sloggett (P.). 112. BARBUS SERRIFER. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. 1000, p. 479, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 225 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 145, pi. xiv. fig.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 124 CYPRINID^. Total length 380 millim. Cape Colony. 1. Type, stuffed. 2. Hgr. 3. Skel. 4. Hgr. 5-6. Hgr. & yg. W. Coast of Cape Colony Burg R., Paarl Division. Burg R., near Paarl. Burg R,, Wellington. Sir A. Smith (P.). South African Museum (E.). Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). Mr. Seimund (C.) ; Col. Sloggett (P.). 112. BARBUS SERRIFER. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. 1000, p. 479, Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 225 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvi. 1901, p. 145, pi. xiv. fig. 1. Depth of body 3 to 3J times in total length, length of head 3J to 4J times. Snout rounded, nearly as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4^ times in length of head; interorbital width Fig. Barbus scrrifer. Tvpe(Tr. Z. S. 1901). f. 2| to 3 times in length of head ; mouth small, terminal, with feebly developed lips ; two pairs of barbels, posterior longer, twice as long as eye in adult (scarcely longer than eye in young). Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border straight; last simple ray strong, bony, serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III o, not reaching caudal. Pectoral } to | length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 26-30 ^J^y, 2J-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown or olive-green above, silvery white beneath;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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