. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 185 brown ; a large round black spot on each side behind the gill-opening, another at the root of the caudal, and 3 to 8 dark vertical bars between them ; a small blackish spot at the origin of the dorsal fin. Total length 38 millim. South Cameroon. Ja R. at Bitye. 1-3. Types. 4-13. Ad. & hgr 14-16. Ad. 17-19. Ad. 20-25. Ad. 2()-30. Ad. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Bumba R. at Assobain. Kribi R. near Efiilen. Ziina Country. Nyong R. 184. BARBUS STIGMATOPYGUS. Bouleng. Ann.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 185 brown ; a large round black spot on each side behind the gill-opening, another at the root of the caudal, and 3 to 8 dark vertical bars between them ; a small blackish spot at the origin of the dorsal fin. Total length 38 millim. South Cameroon. Ja R. at Bitye. 1-3. Types. 4-13. Ad. & hgr 14-16. Ad. 17-19. Ad. 20-25. Ad. 2()-30. Ad. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Bumba R. at Assobain. Kribi R. near Efiilen. Ziina Country. Nyong R. 184. BARBUS STIGMATOPYGUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 533, and Fish. Nile, p. 258, pi. xlviii. fig. 8 (1907). Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 3^ times in total length. Snout rounded, much shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head and a little less than interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal; lips feebly developed; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long or nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle H to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately Fig. Barbiis stifjmatoi^ngus. Type (F. N.). striated, 22-25 ||i|i, 1^ between lateral line series and ventral, 9-11 round caudal peduncle; lateral line reduced to 3-6 tubules. Yellowish with silvery sheen; a small round black spot at the base of the caudal and another at the base of the anal; one or two black spots often present on the middle line of the side. Total length 24 millim. White Nile. 1-7. T^pcs. Lake No. L. Loat, ;r]. (C).. 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
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