. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 47 of head, interorbital width 3j times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head; lips strongly developed, lower forming a rounded n-. Barb us Jiursensis. Type. A median lobe; anterior barbel 1^, posterior 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8-9, a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, curved, f or f length of head. Anal II 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral f or J length of head, not reachin
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 47 of head, interorbital width 3j times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head; lips strongly developed, lower forming a rounded n-. Barb us Jiursensis. Type. A median lobe; anterior barbel 1^, posterior 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8-9, a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, curved, f or f length of head. Anal II 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral f or J length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter somewhat posterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ or 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-34 5^' 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, golden on the sides ; fins yellowish green. Total length 210 millim. Huiso River (Hawash System), Southern Ethiopia. 1-2. Types. Hurso R., Upper Ad:il, 7000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C). 27. BARBUS AFFINIS. Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 8, pi. i. fig. 3 (1837) ; Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) X. 1902, p. 425, and Fish. Nile, p. 216, pi. xxxix. fig. 1 (1907). Depth of body 3J to 4 times in total length, length of head 3| to 4j times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3^ times in length of head; eye 4 (young) to 6| times in length of head, interorbital width 3^ to 4 times ; mouth terminal or subinfeiior, its width 4 to 5 times in length of head; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin and sometimes forming a short rounded lobe; two barbels on each side, subequal or anterior a. 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, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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