. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAT? BUS. 131 121. BARBUS Barbus kessleri, part., Giinth. ('at. Fish, vii. p. 107 (1868). Barbus eutamia, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 218, Mem. Manchest. Lit. & Phil. Soc. li. 1907, no. 12, p. 2, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 308. Barbus miolepis, Bouleng. Mem. Manchest. 1. c. Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3-f to 4£ times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 4 times in l
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAT? BUS. 131 121. BARBUS Barbus kessleri, part., Giinth. ('at. Fish, vii. p. 107 (1868). Barbus eutamia, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 218, Mem. Manchest. Lit. & Phil. Soc. li. 1907, no. 12, p. 2, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 308. Barbus miolepis, Bouleng. Mem. Manchest. 1. c. Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3-f to 4£ times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 2^ to 3 times in length of head; mouth terminal, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head; lips feebly developed; barbels two on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and as long as or slightly longer than eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, bony, strongly serrated, its bony Fig. Barbus eutcenia. Type. part f to once length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 1-\ times 4â as long as deep. Scales 21-28 p, 2-2^ between lateral line and ventral, 11-14 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery beneath ; a more or less distinct straight blackish band, often extending from the end of the snout, through the eye, to the caudal. Total length 100 millim. Angola, Rhodesia, Transvaal. 1-5. Types. Huilla, Mossamedes. â Dr. Welwitsch (P.). 6. Ad. KafuMula R. (Zambesi Sys- S A. Neave, Esq. (0.). tern), Rhodesia. 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, Geo
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