. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 130 CYPR1KHLE. 120. BARBUS KERSTENII. Peters, Mon. Berk Ac. 1868, p. 601, and Decken's Reise iii. p. UG (1869); Pfeff. Thierw. , Fische, p. 55 (1896); Hilgend. Zool. Jnhrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 414. Baring nu/rolinea, Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wis*. Anst. vi. 2, 1889, p. 19, and x. 2, 1893, p. 36, pi. i. fig. 3. Depth of body 3f to 3| times in total leng-th, length of head 3J to 3| times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 2>\ t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 130 CYPR1KHLE. 120. BARBUS KERSTENII. Peters, Mon. Berk Ac. 1868, p. 601, and Decken's Reise iii. p. UG (1869); Pfeff. Thierw. , Fische, p. 55 (1896); Hilgend. Zool. Jnhrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 414. Baring nu/rolinea, Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wis*. Anst. vi. 2, 1889, p. 19, and x. 2, 1893, p. 36, pi. i. fig. 3. Depth of body 3f to 3| times in total leng-th, length of head 3J to 3| times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 2>\ times in length of head ; interorbital width 2| to 2^ times in length of head ; mouth terminal, its width 4 times in length of head; lips thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from centre or posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border straight; last simple ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, its bony Fig. Barbus Tcerstenii. Kilimanjaro. part nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to | length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1\ to If times as long as deep. Scales 25-26 p, 2-2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales sometimes dark-edged ; a rather indistinct dark lateral streak. Total length 85 millim. Kilimanjaro and Masai Districts, German East Africa.—Type in Berlin Museum. 1-2. Hgr. Kaka, Kilimanjaro. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 3-4. Hgr. Umbugwe, Masai District. „. 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, Printe
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