. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 264 K. E. BANISTER a hybrid between Cvprinus carpio L. and Varicorhinus capoeta Berg [Capoeta capoeta fide Karaman op. cit.) from the Khramsk reservoir, Georgia, Slastenenko (1957) in his list of natural fish hybrids of the world does not list any hybrids between the genera Varicorlmms and Barbus. In this paper I intend to offer evidence to support my hypothesis that specimens referred to the nominal species Barbus alluaudi are hybrids between Barbus somereni and Varicorhinus ruwenzorii. It would seem that our knowledge of African fr
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 264 K. E. BANISTER a hybrid between Cvprinus carpio L. and Varicorhinus capoeta Berg [Capoeta capoeta fide Karaman op. cit.) from the Khramsk reservoir, Georgia, Slastenenko (1957) in his list of natural fish hybrids of the world does not list any hybrids between the genera Varicorlmms and Barbus. In this paper I intend to offer evidence to support my hypothesis that specimens referred to the nominal species Barbus alluaudi are hybrids between Barbus somereni and Varicorhinus ruwenzorii. It would seem that our knowledge of African freshwater fishes has only recently reached the stage at which hybrids can be determined. Hubbs (1955) predicted the presence of hybrids in African fishes and suggested that they may have been mis- identified as distinct and rare species. Hybrids have been described for Tilapia (see bibliography in Elder, Garrod and Whitehead 1971) but Tilapia has long been cultivated in ponds and special emphasis has been placed on its systematics because of its commercial importance. Jubb (1967 : 119) mentions a fish taken from a dammed stretch of river at Roodewal farm, Piet Retief district, South Africa Ruwenz o-oo Semliki R. Ruimi (=Wimi R. Mubuku R. Sibwe R. Swamp â ^âMpanga R. Lake George ga Channel 30°|00E Fig. I. A sketch map of the Ruwenzori region showing the rivers mentioned in the 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). London : BM(NH)
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