. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 155 lips thin ; two barbels on each side, nearly equal, as long as eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Fig. Barhus humeraUs. Type (A. M. C). Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-2
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 155 lips thin ; two barbels on each side, nearly equal, as long as eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Fig. Barhus humeraUs. Type (A. M. C). Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-26 U, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, each scale of the upper parts blackish at the base ; a black vertical bar behind the gill-opening; fins white. Total length 65 millim. Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, Telvueren. I. One of the types. Yembe R. at Banzyville. ('apt. Uoyaiix (('.). 150. BARB US RADTATUS. Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1853, p. 783, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 5G, pi. x. fig. 3 (1868). Fiff. 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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