. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. ISC CYPRINID^. 177. BARBUS ROGERSI, sp. n. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^ times in total length. Snont rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2| times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head ; mouth very small, inferior; Fig. Barhns rogersi. Type, Que E. x 1|. lips moderate; barbels absent or a single minute one on each side. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlar
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. ISC CYPRINID^. 177. BARBUS ROGERSI, sp. n. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^ times in total length. Snont rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2| times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head ; mouth very small, inferior; Fig. Barhns rogersi. Type, Que E. x 1|. lips moderate; barbels absent or a single minute one on each side. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral J length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27-28 ^, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back olive; a blackish streak from the end of the snout, through the eye, and along the lateral line to the root of the caudal; dorsal edged with blackish. Total length 55 raillim. Que River, Angola ; Upper Zambesi. 1. Type. Que R. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2. Type. Umsitu R., Broken Hill, Rev. F. A. Rogers and Rhodesia. E. C. Chubb, Esq. (P.). 178. BARBUS BRAZZiE. Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1901, p. 330 (1902), and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 29, pi. i. fig. 2. Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 3f times. Snout as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth subinferior; lips moderate; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from. 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 Wes
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