. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 41 nearly straiglit, | to | length of head. Anal III 5, someti-mes reaching root of caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| to ]§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-o0 ^, 2^ Fig. Barhus gudaricus. Type(F. N.). i. between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, silvery white beneath. Total length 265 millim. Gudar River (Blu
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 41 nearly straiglit, | to | length of head. Anal III 5, someti-mes reaching root of caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| to ]§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-o0 ^, 2^ Fig. Barhus gudaricus. Type(F. N.). i. between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, silvery white beneath. Total length 265 millim. Gudar River (Blue Nile), Wondinak River (Omo), Southern Ethiopia. 1-2. Types. Gudar R., 3400 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiio (C.) : W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 3. Type. Metti R., affluent of Gudar R., „ 3500 fr. i. Ad. Wondinak R., 3000 ft. „ 21. BARBUS MENTO. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. JD02, p. 434. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 6 limes in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head ; lips very strongly developed, lower produced into a subtriangular median lobe which is as loug as eye; anterior barbel Ig, posterior If diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 8, its distance from occiput a little less than its distance from caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not seriated, slightly curved, h length of head. Anal III 6, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not. 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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