. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 2(14 ADDENDA, VOL. JI. preopercular border to root of caudal where it ends in a small dark spot; extremity of dorsal fin blackish. Total length 74 millim. Dwaars River, Transvaal.—Types in S. African Museum; Cape Town. Perhaps not specifically distinct from the preceding. 148. BARBUS XIGERIENSIS, Blgr. Add :— 11-18. Ad. Udi, Lower Niger. Major G. E. Bruce (C). 19-20. Ad. Oji R., l;31a. BARBUS SPURRELLI. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 51, pi. iii. fig. 1. Depth of body 3 t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 2(14 ADDENDA, VOL. JI. preopercular border to root of caudal where it ends in a small dark spot; extremity of dorsal fin blackish. Total length 74 millim. Dwaars River, Transvaal.—Types in S. African Museum; Cape Town. Perhaps not specifically distinct from the preceding. 148. BARBUS XIGERIENSIS, Blgr. Add :— 11-18. Ad. Udi, Lower Niger. Major G. E. Bruce (C). 19-20. Ad. Oji R., l;31a. BARBUS SPURRELLI. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 51, pi. iii. fig. 1. Depth of body 3 to 3|- times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3f times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, 3J to 3^ times in length of head, interorbital width 2J to 3 times; mouth subinferior; lips rig. Barbus spurrelli. Type (P. Z. S. 1913). moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, posterior as long as eye and twice as long as anterior. Dorsal IH 8, equally distant from centre or anterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, 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 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 24-26 gf, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10 or 12 round caudal peduncle. Greenish silvery, darker on the back, the scales dark-edged or with a dark base; this. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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