. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. I M / I / •^r^5> R^. Barbus mentulis. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). i. 15 c. BARBUS MFONGOSI. Gilchrist & Thompson, t. c. p. 382, fig. Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of head S-^o times. Snout rounded, projecting considerably beyond mouth, 2^ times in length of head; eye 5f times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 3| times in length of head; lips strongly developed, lower continuous across chin and produced into a rounde
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. I M / I / •^r^5> R^. Barbus mentulis. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). i. 15 c. BARBUS MFONGOSI. Gilchrist & Thompson, t. c. p. 382, fig. Depth of body 3f times in total length, length of head S-^o times. Snout rounded, projecting considerably beyond mouth, 2^ times in length of head; eye 5f times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 3| times in length of head; lips strongly developed, lower continuous across chin and produced into a rounded mental lobe as long as the eye ; two barbels on each side, anterior i% diameter of eye, posterior 1^ times. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from eye and root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, the rigid portion a little more than f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral i^o of head, not reaching ventral; the base of latter falling just behind first ray of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longi- 7- tudinally striated, 38 gf, 3| between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, darker above than below; fins 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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