. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 157 the dorsal scales darker at the base; a black straight lateral band, from the end of the snout, through the eye, to the base of the caudal; fins white, dorsal greyish in front. Total length 85 millim. Liberia, Gold Coast, Old Calabar.—Type in Leyden Museum. 1-10. Ad. & hgr. Kotchwah R., Gold Coast. R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (P.). Infoan, Gold Coast. 11-17. Hgr. &yg. 18-21. Hgr. 22-25. Ad. & hgr. 2G. Ad. Akropong, „ Atesu R., „ AtaiyoR. (01(1 Calabar) at Oban,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 157 the dorsal scales darker at the base; a black straight lateral band, from the end of the snout, through the eye, to the base of the caudal; fins white, dorsal greyish in front. Total length 85 millim. Liberia, Gold Coast, Old Calabar.—Type in Leyden Museum. 1-10. Ad. & hgr. Kotchwah R., Gold Coast. R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (P.). Infoan, Gold Coast. 11-17. Hgr. &yg. 18-21. Hgr. 22-25. Ad. & hgr. 2G. Ad. Akropong, „ Atesu R., „ AtaiyoR. (01(1 Calabar) at Oban, S. Nigeria, 500 ft. R. B. N. Walker, Esq. (C.) ; Dr. A. GUnther (P.). P. A. Talbot, Esq. (P.). 152. BARBUS DESERTL Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1909, p. 239. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3J to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to 3J times in length of head, equal to interorbital width ; eye 3;| to 3^ times in length of head; mouth small, subinferior; lips feebly developed; two barbels on each Fig. Barbus deserti. Type. X 1|. side, anterior about J diameter of eye, posterior | to f. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from root of caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about IJ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 23-25 '^r, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10-12. 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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