. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. B AIRBUS. 49 16-18. Hgr. & yg. Zeissi R., L. Gandjule, 3000 £t. Mr. P. 0. Zaphiro (C.) ; McMillan,Esq. (P.). 19-21. Hgr. Eloo R., 22. Hgr. Sire R., 28. BARRUS BREVIBARBIS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 431, and Fish. Nile, p. 210, pi. xxxv. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body 3J to 3| times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3^ times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 1 (young) to 6J times in length of head, interorbital width 3|- to of times ;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. B AIRBUS. 49 16-18. Hgr. & yg. Zeissi R., L. Gandjule, 3000 £t. Mr. P. 0. Zaphiro (C.) ; McMillan,Esq. (P.). 19-21. Hgr. Eloo R., 22. Hgr. Sire R., 28. BARRUS BREVIBARBIS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 431, and Fish. Nile, p. 210, pi. xxxv. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body 3J to 3| times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3^ times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 1 (young) to 6J times in length of head, interorbital width 3|- to of times ; mouth Fiir. Barbns hreviharhh. Type (F. N.). ^. inferior, its width 4^ times in length of head ; lips much developed, lower forming a short rounded median lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior f to | diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal IV *J, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, or a little nearer former, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight or very slightly curved, f to J length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral about § length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below or slightly posterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 31-33 ^, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Bluish olive above, yellowish beneath; fins dark slaty grey. Total length 350 millim. Lake Tsana, Abyssinia. 1. Ad., type. Zegi. Mr. E. Degen (C). 2-4. Hgr. k yg., types. Bahardur. „. 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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