. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 139 not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching ventral or not so far; base of latter below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-27 % 2^-S between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above ; a rather indistinct dark lateral band sometimes present; a small round black spot at root of caudal. Fig. Barbus hessleri. Type of B. caudimacula. Total length 65 mill
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BAEBUS. 139 not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching ventral or not so far; base of latter below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-27 % 2^-S between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above ; a rather indistinct dark lateral band sometimes present; a small round black spot at root of caudal. Fig. Barbus hessleri. Type of B. caudimacula. Total length 65 millim. Angola.—Type in Vienna Museum 1-18. Types of B. Golungo Alto. caudimacula. 19-22. Ad. 23-24. Ad. Beneuella Pungo Andongo. Dr. Welwitsch (P.). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). Dr. F. C. Wellman (P.). 131. BARBUS HOLOT^NIA. Barhits hesslerl, part., Giinth. Cat. Pish. vii. p. 107 (1868). Barhus kessleri (non Steind.), Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (G) xvii. 1890, p. 277 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 225 (1901). Barbus holotcenia, Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 218. Barbus camptacanthus, var. coitesi, Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1907, p. 320. Depth of body 2f to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4:\ times. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than eye, which is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 2^ to 3 times in length of head ; mouth subinferior, its width 3 to 3^ times in length of head ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior about as long as eye, posterior 1-^ to If as long as eye. Dorsal III 8 (rarely 9), equally distant from anterior border or centre of eye and from root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray as lonj; as or a little shorter than head, usual)v rather feebly ossified. 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
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