. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 42 CYPB1XIDJE. reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle , 5i If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 35 gj, 3 between Fig. Bitrbus mento. Type. f. lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; fins greyish. Total length 300 millim. Gota River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia. 1. Type. Gota It. at Marmasa, Ada!, 5000 ft. Mr. E. Degeu (C). 22. BARBUS REINII. Gunth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4)
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 42 CYPB1XIDJE. reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle , 5i If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 35 gj, 3 between Fig. Bitrbus mento. Type. f. lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; fins greyish. Total length 300 millim. Gota River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia. 1. Type. Gota It. at Marmasa, Ada!, 5000 ft. Mr. E. Degeu (C). 22. BARBUS REINII. Gunth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, p. 231, pi. xiii.,and Nov. 1902, p. 447. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3^ to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to 3^ times in length of head ; eye 4 (young) to 8 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 to 4^ times in length of head ; lips well developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming a short rounded lobe; two barbels on each side, subequal, or posterior a little longer than anterior and 2 to 3 diameters of eye (1^ to If in young). Dorsal III-IV 8, equally distant from occiput or eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its ossified part about \ length of head in adult, § to f in young. Anal III 5, usually not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated,. 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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