. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BABBITS. 63 4?>. BARBUS ILG1. Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 293. Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout broadly rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior; lower lip interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior -§ diameter of eye, posterior f. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BABBITS. 63 4?>. BARBUS ILG1. Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 293. Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout broadly rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior; lower lip interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior -§ diameter of eye, posterior f. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1-| times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30 ^, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, silvery beneath. Total length 195 millim. Akaki River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia.âType in Paris Museum. 44. BARBUS EDUARDLANUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 12, and Fish. Nile, p. 2'M, pi. xliii. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 3f times. Snout rounded, §\ times in length of head ; eye 6|- times in length of Fist. â t-^d Barbus eduardianus. Type (F. N.). |. head, interorbital width 2\ times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head ; lips moderate, interrupted on chin; two barbels on each side, subequal, a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 9, a little. 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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