. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 29 reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1£ to ]£ times as long as deep. Scales finely striated Fig. Barbus ruspoHi. L. Gandjule. 3 longitudinally, 32-34 -^f1. 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back greenish. Total length 340 millim. Lakes Abaia and Gandjule (Margherita).—Type in Genoa Museum. l-<?. Ad. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.); W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 9. BARBUS ERL
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 29 reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1£ to ]£ times as long as deep. Scales finely striated Fig. Barbus ruspoHi. L. Gandjule. 3 longitudinally, 32-34 -^f1. 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back greenish. Total length 340 millim. Lakes Abaia and Gandjule (Margherita).—Type in Genoa Museum. l-<?. Ad. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.); W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 9. BARBUS ERLANGERI. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 329, pi. xxix. Depth of body 3 to 3^- times in total length, length of head 3| to 4-| times. Snout rounded or subacuminate, prominent, its length 3 to 3i times in length of head; eye 3^ (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 1\ to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 5 times in length of head; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin, forming a small, rounded median lobe; two barbels on each side, anterior § diameter of eye in young, \\ in adult, posterior longer, as long as eye in young, twice as long in adult. Dorsal IV 9, its distance from occiput equal to or a little less than its distance from root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony,. 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, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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