. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 85 31-3; 5k 2-2 A between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with a very indistinct dark band above the lateral line. Total length 155 millim. Morocco. 1-2. Types. Oum Erbiah. 3. Type. R. Talmist. Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (C). 71. BARBUS FRITSCHII. Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (i) xiii. 1874, p. 231, pi. xiv. fig. A. Depth of body 3| to 4 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4£ times.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 85 31-3; 5k 2-2 A between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with a very indistinct dark band above the lateral line. Total length 155 millim. Morocco. 1-2. Types. Oum Erbiah. 3. Type. R. Talmist. Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (C). 71. BARBUS FRITSCHII. Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (i) xiii. 1874, p. 231, pi. xiv. fig. A. Depth of body 3| to 4 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4£ times. Snout rounded, its length 3 (young) to 3^ times in length of head; diameter of eye 3\ to 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 2J times ; mouth inferior, transverse, crescentic, with obtuse Fig. Barbus fritschii. Type, f lower edge, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head; lips feebly developed, widely interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior about \, posterior f to 1 diameter of eye. Dorsal I1I-IV 8-9, equally distant from eye or occiput and from root of caudal, border straight or slightly concave; last simple ray bony but rather feeble, not serrated, the bony part \ to § length of head. Anal III 6, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to \\ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated,. 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 : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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