. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BABBITS. 29 reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales finely striated Fig. Barbus ruspoUi. L. Gandjule. g. 51-61 longitudinally, 32-34 -^r5, 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back greenish. Total length 340 millim. Lakes Abaia and Gandjule (Margherita).—Type in Genoa Museum. l-(i. Ad. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (G); W. N.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. BABBITS. 29 reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales finely striated Fig. Barbus ruspoUi. L. Gandjule. g. 51-61 longitudinally, 32-34 -^r5, 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back greenish. Total length 340 millim. Lakes Abaia and Gandjule (Margherita).—Type in Genoa Museum. l-(i. Ad. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (G); W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 9. BARBUS EBLANGEPJ. Bonleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 329, pi. xxix. Depth of body 3 to 3 J times in total length, length of head 3J to 4|- times. Snout rounded or subacuminate, prominent, its length 3 to 3^ times in length of head ; eye 3^ (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 5 times in length of head; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin, forming a small, rounded median lobe; two barbels on each side, anterior § diameter of eye in young, 1^ in adult, posterior longer, as long as eye in young, twice as long in adult. Dorsal IV 9, its distance from occiput equal to or a little less than its distance from root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony,. 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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