. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 70 Caudal peduncle 1-^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30 p, 2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, lighter beneath. Total length 250 milhm. Burka River (Webi Shebeli), Southern Ethiopia.—Type in Paris Museum. 53. BARBUS BOTTEGI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 563. Depth of body 8 to 3J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ times. Snout rounded, 3| to 3^ times in length of head ;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 70 Caudal peduncle 1-^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30 p, 2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, lighter beneath. Total length 250 milhm. Burka River (Webi Shebeli), Southern Ethiopia.—Type in Paris Museum. 53. BARBUS BOTTEGI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 563. Depth of body 8 to 3J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ times. Snout rounded, 3| to 3^ times in length of head ; eye 4 to 5 Fiu. Burbus bottei/i. Type. i. times in length of head, interorbital width 2| to 3 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 vvith a fine horny sheath ; lips very feebly developed, confined to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior 1^ to ]^ diameters of eye, posterior 1^ to 1^. Dorsal IV 9, border emarginate; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, f to | length of head. Anal III 5. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter. Ventral below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-30 ^f, 2-2J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, dorsal region darker, with. 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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