. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 38 shorter than head, not reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of Caudal peduncle about 1| times as long as deep. Scales dorsal. Fig. Barlms gananensis. Type, after Vinciguerra (I. c). longitudinally striated, 30 % 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. Total length 117 millim. Ganana and Auata Rivers, Somaliland.—Types in Genoa Museum. 18. BARBUS OREAS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 190
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 38 shorter than head, not reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of Caudal peduncle about 1| times as long as deep. Scales dorsal. Fig. Barlms gananensis. Type, after Vinciguerra (I. c). longitudinally striated, 30 % 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. Total length 117 millim. Ganana and Auata Rivers, Somaliland.—Types in Genoa Museum. 18. BARBUS OREAS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 432. Depth of body equal to or slightly greater than length of head, 3f to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to 3^ times in length of head; eye 3f (youn») to 5^ times in length of head, interorbital width 2| to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 4^ times in length of head; lips much developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming a rounded median lobe; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye or slightly longer, posterior 1-g- to 1^ diameters of eye (not longer than eye in very young). Dorsal IV 8 (rarely 9), equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, J to f length of head (as long as head in very young). Anal 111 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of 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 [by Taylor and Francis]
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