. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 273 caudal. Pectoral § length of head, not reaching ventral; latter below origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27 gf, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line incomplete, on the first 10 scales. Brownish, with traces of a small black spot at the base of the caudal fin. Total length 45 millim. Kikulo R., French Guinea.—Type in Paris Museum. Allied to
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 273 caudal. Pectoral § length of head, not reaching ventral; latter below origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27 gf, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line incomplete, on the first 10 scales. Brownish, with traces of a small black spot at the base of the caudal fin. Total length 45 millim. Kikulo R., French Guinea.—Type in Paris Museum. Allied to B. salens/), but scales more numerous. 183 a. BARBUS LBONENSIS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xv. 1915, p. 203. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3j times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of. Barbus leonensis. Type, x 2. head and a little less than interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal, with feebly developed lips ; no barbels. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from posterior border of eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, slightly shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral shorter than head, not reaching ventral; latter below origin of dorsal. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle 4- 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 21-23 gf, 2 between lateral line series and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle; lateral line present only in front, reduced to 7 tubules. Yellow, with black dots on the borders of the dorsal scales; a black spot on the dorsal fin and another at the base of the caudal. Total length 21 millim. Sierra Leone. 1-2. Types. Maka. N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). Closely allied to VOL. IV. T. 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). Dep
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