. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 179 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, with a rather indistinct dark lateral band on the posterior half of the body, more distinct on the caudal peduncle; fins whitish. Total length 70 millim. Cape Colony .—Type in Berlin Museum. 1. Ad. Near Cape Town. ' Challenger' Expedition. 176. BARBUS MAGDALENE. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 437, and Fish. Nile, p. 256, pi. xlvi. fig. 4 (1907). Depth
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 179 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, with a rather indistinct dark lateral band on the posterior half of the body, more distinct on the caudal peduncle; fins whitish. Total length 70 millim. Cape Colony .—Type in Berlin Museum. 1. Ad. Near Cape Town. ' Challenger' Expedition. 176. BARBUS MAGDALENE. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 437, and Fish. Nile, p. 256, pi. xlvi. fig. 4 (1907). Depth of body 3^- to 3| times in total length, length of head 4^- to 5 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in length of head ; interorbital width 2\ times in length of head ; mouth Fig. W w Barbus Type (F. N.). small, terminal; lips very thin ; no anterior barbel; posterior barbel very minute or absent. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not seriated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 5- Scales radiately striated, 29-32 'gf, 1-11 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, yellowish olive on the back, with a more or less distinct darker lateral stripe; fins yellow. Total length 71 millim. Lake Victoria. 1-8. Types. Bunjako. Mr. E. Degen (C). 9. Skel. 52. 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
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