. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BABBUS. 173 169. BARBUS NEGLECTUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 532, and Fish. Nile, p. 251, pi. xlvii. fig. 5 (1907). Depth of body 3 to 3f times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal or subinferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior half diameter of eye, posterior
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BABBUS. 173 169. BARBUS NEGLECTUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 532, and Fish. Nile, p. 251, pi. xlvii. fig. 5 (1907). Depth of body 3 to 3f times in total length, length of head 4 to 4J times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal or subinferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior half diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye or a little shorter. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral § to f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below or a little behind origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1 to 1J times as Pig. Barbus neglectas. Type (F. N.). long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 26-30 -^r, 2-2-^ between lateral line and ventral fin, 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with a broad silvery lateral band, fins white and transparent; some of the smaller specimens with a dark dot at the base of the caudal fin and another at the base of the anal. Total length 54 millim. Lower Nile to Blue Nile. 1. Type. Ghet-el-Nassara, L. Menzaleh. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 2-3. Types. Damietta Nile near Barrage. „ 4-23. Types. Near Luxor. „ 24-25. Types, Between Luxor and Assuan. „ 26-27. Ad. Wad Medine, Blue Nile. Capt. S. Flower (P.). 28-31. Ad. Rosaires, Blue Nile. „. 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 or
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