. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 78 CTPRTNIDtE. 63. BARBUS ELEPHANTIS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 310, fig. Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times m total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 4 times in lens:th of head, interorbital width 2f times; mouth inferior, feebly curved, its width o-j times in length of head, lower jaw Avith a sharp edge; lower lip restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior | diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, equall
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 78 CTPRTNIDtE. 63. BARBUS ELEPHANTIS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 310, fig. Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times m total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 4 times in lens:th of head, interorbital width 2f times; mouth inferior, feebly curved, its width o-j times in length of head, lower jaw Avith a sharp edge; lower lip restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior | diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony. Fig. Barhiis eJephautis. Type (P. Z. S. 1907). %. not serrated, its rigid part f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral J length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 37 ^, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Muddy grey above, white beneath ; dorsal yellowish grey; caudal and paired fins bright pink. Total length 155 millim. Groot Olifant River, Transvaal. 1. Tvpe. Groot Olifant R. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 64. BARBUS SECTOR. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 309, pi. xviii. fig. 2. Depth of body 3J times in total length, length of head 4J times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 2f times; mouth inferior, feebly curved, its width 3 times in length of head, lower jaw with a sharp edge ; lower lip restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior about J,. 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. [
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