. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. es CYPKINIDJK. or eye and from caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, f to f 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| Fig. Barbu-i maemillani'. Type. |. to If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-33 p, 2-2J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. es CYPKINIDJK. or eye and from caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, f to f 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| Fig. Barbu-i maemillani'. Type. |. to If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-33 p, 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.).; McMillan, Esq. (P.). 51. BARBUS PLAGIOSTOMUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. 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 4J times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3^- times in length of head; eye 4J to 5| times in length of head, interorbital width 2f- to 2|- 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 by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Fran
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