. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 160 CTPRINID^:. 155. BAEBUS INNOCENS. Pfeff. Thierw. , Fische, p. 66 (1896) ; Hilgend. & Pappenh. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1903, p. 270. Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 4 to 4j times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3J times in length of head; interorbital width 2f to 3 times in length of Fig. Barbus innocens. L. Nyassa. head; mouth small, inferior; lips feebly developed
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 160 CTPRINID^:. 155. BAEBUS INNOCENS. Pfeff. Thierw. , Fische, p. 66 (1896) ; Hilgend. & Pappenh. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1903, p. 270. Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 4 to 4j times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3J times in length of head; interorbital width 2f to 3 times in length of Fig. Barbus innocens. L. Nyassa. head; mouth small, inferior; lips feebly developed; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, which measures 1 to 1£ diameters of eye. 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 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 twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 29-33 ^, 1\ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, with a more or less distinct darker lateral streak, which often ends in a round blackish spot at the base of the caudal fin. Total length 80 millim. Wami and Mkata Rivers, German East Africa; Lake Nyassa; Lake Eukwa.—Types, in Hamburg Museum, examined. 1-3. Ad. Between Kondowe and Karonga, L. Nyassa. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 4-11. Ad. Mkata R., German E. Africa. Dr. E. J. Baxter (P.). 156. BARBUS HUMILIS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 436, and Fish. Nile, p. 250, pi. xlvii. fig. 4 (1907). Depth of body o^ to 3Jf times in total length, length of head 3| to. 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.
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