. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 120 CYPKINIDA'. 107. BARBUS THIKENSIS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. G3, pi. vii. fig. 2. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 J to of times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3| to 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 2^ to 2f times in length of head ; mouth small, Yis. Barlma tldlcensis. Type (P. Z. S. 1905). terminal; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior f diameter of eye, posterior a little shorter than ey
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 120 CYPKINIDA'. 107. BARBUS THIKENSIS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, i. p. G3, pi. vii. fig. 2. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 J to of times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3| to 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 2^ to 2f times in length of head ; mouth small, Yis. Barlma tldlcensis. Type (P. Z. S. 1905). terminal; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior f diameter of eye, posterior a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border straight or slightly convex; last simple ray bony, strongly serrated, about f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to | length of head, not reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter partly in front of and partly beneath dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33-35 '^pr^, 3-3^ between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Brownish, with a more or less distinct dark streak along the middle of the side ; lateral line often blackish ; fins grey ; a blackish spot sometimes present at base of anal. Total length 55 millim. Thika R. (Tana System), East Africa; Luke Victoria. l-oO. Types. Tliik;. 1{., 3000 ft. S. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 31. Ad. Kisuimi Bay, L. Victoria. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 108. BARBUS PLEUROGRAMMA. Bouleng. Ann. ct Mag. N. 11. (7) x. 1902, p. 43r., and Fish. Nile, p. 242, pi. xlvii. fig. 1 (1907). Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is o^^ times in length of head ; interorbital width 3 times in length of head ; mouth terminal, its width 4^ times in length of head ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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