. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 144 small, sub inferior; lips moderate; a single barbel on each side, 3 to £ diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray rather strong, bony, finely serrated in its upper part only, the stiff part § to f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter partly in front of vertical of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 144 small, sub inferior; lips moderate; a single barbel on each side, 3 to £ diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray rather strong, bony, finely serrated in its upper part only, the stiff part § to f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter partly in front of vertical of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33-36 gEp, 3-4 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath ; a dark streak on each side, from above the origin of the lateral line to a round black spot at the root of the caudal. Total length 95 millim. Buffalo River, Cape Colony. 1-6. Types. Buffalo R., near King William's Major H. Trevelyan (P.). Town. 7-9. Ad. King William's Town. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). Barbus kurumani, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 59 (1861), from the Kuruman River (Orange River System), is perhaps allied to B. trevelyani, as it is described as having a single pair of barbels, a strong spine to the dorsal, large scales, and a black spot at root of caudal. Total length 110 millim. 13(5. BARBUS APLEUROGRAMMA, sp. 11. Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 3f times. Fig. Barbus apleurogramma. Type. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3^ times in length of head; interorbital width 2| times in length of head; sides of snout with scars of nuptial tubercles; mouth small, terminal; lips feebly developed; a single barbel on each side, \ diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border straight; last simple. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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