. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 102 CYPKINID-E. continuous across chin; two barbels on each side, equal, | diameter of eye Dorsal III 9, equally distant from eye and from caudal; border deeply notched behind third branched ray; last simple ray not enlarged, smooth, anterior branched rays also much elongate, If times length of head. Anal III 5, reaching beyond root of caudal. Pectoral a little longer than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of Fig. Barbus altidorsatis. Type. i. dors
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 102 CYPKINID-E. continuous across chin; two barbels on each side, equal, | diameter of eye Dorsal III 9, equally distant from eye and from caudal; border deeply notched behind third branched ray; last simple ray not enlarged, smooth, anterior branched rays also much elongate, If times length of head. Anal III 5, reaching beyond root of caudal. Pectoral a little longer than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of Fig. Barbus altidorsatis. Type. i. dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudin- ally striated, 28 p, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, the scales darker at the base, pink on the sides, white beneath; fins yellow, blackish towards the edge. Total length 360 millim. Upper Zambesi. 1. Type. Kafne R., Rhodesia. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). 90. BARBUS PROGENYS. Bouleng. Proc. ZooL Soc. J903, i. p. 24, pi. iii. fig. 1. Depth of body 3§ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3^ times. Snout rounded, depressed, 3 to 3^ times in length of head; eye 4 to 5 times in length of head, equal to interorbital width; mouth large, its. 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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