. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 68 CITKINID.*:. or eye and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, -変 to |- 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-|- Pig. Barbus macniillani. Type. |. to 1J times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-33^?, 2-2J between lateral line and ventral,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 68 CITKINID.*:. or eye and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, -§â to |- 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-|- Pig. Barbus macniillani. Type. |. to 1J times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-33^?, 2-2J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, the scales blackish at the base, silvery white beneath. Total length 220 millim. Lake Gandjule (Margherita). 1-1. Types. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.).'; W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 51. BARBUS PLAGIOSTOMUS. Bouleng. Ann. & H. (7) x. 1902, p. 429, and Fish. Nile, p. 232, pi. xxxviii. fig. 2 (1907). Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to i\ times. Snout rounded, 3 to %\ times in length of head; eye 4-^ to h\ times in length of head, interorbital width 2f to 2f times; mouth inferior, forming a broken arch, a feebly curved transverse line in front, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head, lower jaw with a blunt keel covered with a thin horny sheath ; lips very feebly developed, lower confined to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, which is as long as or a little shorter than eye. Dorsal IV 9-10, nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, as long as head or only § its. 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 b
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