. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 186 CYPRINUXE. 185. BARBUS PUMILUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 444, and Fish. Nile, p. 259, pi. xlviii. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, about 3 times in total length. Snout rounded, a little 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
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 186 CYPRINUXE. 185. BARBUS PUMILUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 444, and Fish. Nile, p. 259, pi. xlviii. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, about 3 times in total length. Snout rounded, a little 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, a little shorter than head. Fig. Barbus pumilus. Type (F. N.). x 2. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 19-21 gi, 1J between lateral line series, which is formed of very deep scales, and ventral, 9 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line reduced to 3 or 4 tubules. Yellowish above, scales edged with black, white beneath ; a black streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye ; a blackish vertical streak at the root of the anal; dorsal and anal with a red bar and one or two black ones. Total length 26 millim. White Nile. 1-10. Types. Lake No. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 5. RASBORA. Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xx. 1860, p. 435, and Atlas Ichtliyol. iii. p. 118 (1863) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 193 (1868). Body more or less compressed, with rounded belly, covered with large or moderate scales. Lateral line low down, following the ventral outline of the body and running along the lower part of the caudal 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 resemb
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