. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 93 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-33 |f, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, yellowish beneath. Total length 170 millim. Natal. Pig. Barbus lobochilus. Type. 1. Type Natal. Army Medical College (P.). 80. BARBUS CHILOTES. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 494. Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 4 or 4^ times. Snout rounded, about j length of head ; eye 3J (young) to 5 t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 93 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-33 |f, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, yellowish beneath. Total length 170 millim. Natal. Pig. Barbus lobochilus. Type. 1. Type Natal. Army Medical College (P.). 80. BARBUS CHILOTES. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 494. Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 4 or 4^ times. Snout rounded, about j length of head ; eye 3J (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 2\ to 2-| times; mouth inferior, its width 3J to 4 times in length of head; both lips much developed, each more or less produced into an obtusely pointed median lobe; two barbels on each side, posterior nearly twice as long as anterior and a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 9-10, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, border concave; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, l\ times as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle lj times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 % 2-2i between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal. 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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