. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 169 than eye, posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 8 (rarely 7), equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, border scarcely concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 169 than eye, posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 8 (rarely 7), equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, border scarcely concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 24-26 ^, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 tffe. Barbus werneri. Type (F. N.). round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with the sides silvery and bearing three to eight black dots or round spots, the second or third below the dorsal, the last on the caudal peduncle near the caudal fin; fins whitish. Total length 40 millim. Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel, Lakes Rudolf and Abaia, Rovuma River. 1. Ad. Alexandria. C. H. Schoeller, Esq. (P.). 2-4. Ad. & yg. Birket Karun, Fayum. Dr. Cunnington and 0. L. Boulenger, Esq. (C). 5-6. Hgr. Wady Haifa. Dr. F. Werner (P.). 7. Type. Kaka, White Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 8. Type. Fashoda, „ „ 9-13. Type. Lake No, „ 14. Type. Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. „ 15-18. Hgr. Pond near Gondokoro. Dr. F. Werner (P.). 19. Ad. L. Rudolf. Dr. Donaldson Smith (P.). 20-22. Ad. Rovuma R, Sir J. Kirk (P.). 165. BARBUS ARCISLONG^. Barbus trispiloplevra, var. arcislonc/ce, Keilhack, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908, p. 167. Described as agreeing in form and coloration with B. trispilopleura, but differing in the more elongate body (its depth 3f to 4^ times in total length), the shorter and broader head, longer anterior barbel,. 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 Briti
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