. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPEINID^. 229 Total length 206 millim. MTongosi, Zululand.—Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. Apparently allied to B. marequensis, but last simple ray of dorsal stronger and scales smaller. Fijr. Barbus mfonr/osi. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). j. 18. BARBUS OREAS, BIgr. Pietschmann, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Nat. Ixvi. 1913, p. 189. 20 a. BARBOS SOMERENI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 369. Depth of body of times in total length, length of head i\ times. Snou
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. CYPEINID^. 229 Total length 206 millim. MTongosi, Zululand.—Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. Apparently allied to B. marequensis, but last simple ray of dorsal stronger and scales smaller. Fijr. Barbus mfonr/osi. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). j. 18. BARBUS OREAS, BIgr. Pietschmann, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Nat. Ixvi. 1913, p. 189. 20 a. BARBOS SOMERENI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) viii. 1911, p. 369. Depth of body of times in total length, length of head i\ times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 2f times; mouth subinferior, its width 2f times in length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower continuous across the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1^, posterior 1^ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border straight; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral -f length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 33 gl, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish below. Total length 205 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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