. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 163 serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to -f length of head, not reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1-^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-30 p, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, pale olive-green on the back; a dark green (black in spirit) lateral stripe from gill-cover to root of caudal, above the late
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 163 serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to -f length of head, not reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1-^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-30 p, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, pale olive-green on the back; a dark green (black in spirit) lateral stripe from gill-cover to root of caudal, above the lateral line on the praecaudal part of body; fins colourless. Total length 75 millim. Lagos. 1-6. Types. Odo Omi, head-water of Onii River, Major G. E. Bruce (P.). Lagos. 159. BAR/BUS TRISPILUS. Puntius (Barlodes) trispilos, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1803, no. 2, p. 113, pi. xxiii. fig. 3. Barbus trispilus, Giinth. Cat. Pish. vii. p. 108 (1868), and Proc. Zool. Soc. 189'.), p. 730 ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xviii. 1906, p. 33. Barbus camptacanthus, var. liberiensis, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 80. Depth of body 3 to 3f times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Snout rounded, not longer than eye, which is 3^ to 3^ times in length of head ; interorbital width 2^ to 2\ times in length of head ; mouth terminal, small; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1|-, posterior 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8, nearer occiput. Barbus trispilus. Kotchwah R. than caudal, border straight or very slightly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or slightly shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral \ or £ length of head, not reaching ventral; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle m2. 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
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