. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 158 CYPETNID^. round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, back darker; a blackish spot near the tip of the dorsal. Total length GO millim. Algerian Sahara.—Types in Paris Museum. 1. One of the types. Pool of Ifedil. Capt. Cortier (0.) ; Paris Museum (E.). 153. BARBUS UNIT^NIATUS. Punthis vittatus (non Day), Steind. Verh. Ges. Wien, xvi. 18GG, p. 7(j7, pi. xvii. fi^'. 2. Barlms ntiitcematus, Giinth. Zool. Rec. 18G6, p. 151, and Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (18G8) ; M. Weber, Zool. Ja
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 158 CYPETNID^. round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, back darker; a blackish spot near the tip of the dorsal. Total length GO millim. Algerian Sahara.—Types in Paris Museum. 1. One of the types. Pool of Ifedil. Capt. Cortier (0.) ; Paris Museum (E.). 153. BARBUS UNIT^NIATUS. Punthis vittatus (non Day), Steind. Verh. Ges. Wien, xvi. 18GG, p. 7(j7, pi. xvii. fi^'. 2. Barlms ntiitcematus, Giinth. Zool. Rec. 18G6, p. 151, and Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (18G8) ; M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 151. Depth of body 3 to 3|- times in total length, length of head 3J to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as or shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3^ times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head ; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, posterior longer than anterior and as long as or a little longer than eye. Fitr. liarbus unikeniatits. Type, after Steindachner (?. c). Dorsal III S, equally distant from snout or eye and from caudal, border straight or slightly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 30-33 4r_-ji» 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, yellowish beneath, with a more or less distinct dark lateral band which may end in a round. 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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