. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 93 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-33 ^f, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, yellowish beneath. Total length 170 millim. Natal. Fie:. Barhus lobochilus. Type. f. 1. Typo. Natal. Army Medical College (P.). 80. BARBUS CHILOTES. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 494. Depth of body 3J times in total length, length of head 4 or 4J times. Snout rounded, about ^ length of head ; eye 3J (young) to 5
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARBUS. 93 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-33 ^f, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, yellowish beneath. Total length 170 millim. Natal. Fie:. Barhus lobochilus. Type. f. 1. Typo. Natal. Army Medical College (P.). 80. BARBUS CHILOTES. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 494. Depth of body 3J times in total length, length of head 4 or 4J times. Snout rounded, about ^ length of head ; eye 3J (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 2\ to 2f times; mouth inferior, its width 3| to 4 times in length of head; both lips much developed, each more or less produced into an obtusely pointed median lobe; two barbels on each side, posterior nearly twice as long as anterior and a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 9-10, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, border concave; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 1^ times as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1-J times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 TT, 2-2i between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal. 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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