. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 104 Barbus katangcv, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 132, pi. xlix. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 221 (1901). Barbus decipiens, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 492. Depth of body 3 to 4 times in total length, length of head 3f to 4^ times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye in adult; eye 3 to 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 2\ to 2-f times; mouth subinferior, with
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 104 Barbus katangcv, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 132, pi. xlix. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 221 (1901). Barbus decipiens, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 492. Depth of body 3 to 4 times in total length, length of head 3f to 4^ times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye in adult; eye 3 to 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 2\ to 2-f times; mouth subinferior, with lips feebly developed and interrupted on chin; two barbels on each side, anterior about as long as eye, posterior 1 to l^r diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8 (very rarely 7), nearer occiput than caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, nearly straight, or feebly curved, § to once length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral § to f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below or partly in front of anterior rays of Barbus trimaculalus. Type, after Peters (Reise Mossamb.). Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 30-35 (rarely 36) '-jr3, 3-4 between lateral line and ventral, 14-16 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery on the sides and below; three more or less distinct round blackish spots often present on each side, the first and second just above the lateral line, one in front and one behind the vertical of the base of the dorsal, the third at the base of the caudal fin and traversed by the lateral line ; these spots may be absent or reduced to the one at the base of the caudal fin ; fins whitish, without spots. Total length 135 millim. Zambesi System to the Transvaal and Zululand; Southern Angola.— Tvpe in Berlin Museum. 1-2. Ad. 3. Hgr. R. Ituo, Brit. Cent. Africa. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). Between Kondowe and , „ L. Please note that these images are extracte
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