. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPEINLTLE. 241 74 a. BAR BUS SEEBERI. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 399, fig. Depth of body 3J to 4| times ia total length, length of head 3 to 4 times. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, 2| to oh times in length of head; eye supero-lateral, 4^- to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 3| to 4 times; lips moderate, lower inter- rupted on chin ; two barbels on each side, posterior the longer, § to a
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPEINLTLE. 241 74 a. BAR BUS SEEBERI. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 399, fig. Depth of body 3J to 4| times ia total length, length of head 3 to 4 times. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, 2| to oh times in length of head; eye supero-lateral, 4^- to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 3| to 4 times; lips moderate, lower inter- rupted on chin ; two barbels on each side, posterior the longer, § to as long as eye. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, seg- mented, not serrated, § to f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching. Barbus seeberi. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). caudal. Pectoral § to i length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times to nearly twice as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 41-44 8-f, 4-5 between lateral line and ventral, 16-18 round caudal peduncle. Silvery grey, darker above. Total length 102 millim. Olifants River, Cape Colony.—Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. Distinguished from B. gilchristi chiefly by the interrupted lower lip. 75 a. BARBUS ROBINSONI. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 387. Depth of body nearly 3f times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 2| times in length of head, eye a little more than 4 R. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Na
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