. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARCUS. 145 ray very strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter anterior to dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25 in a longitudinal series, 7 between dorsal and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle ; no lateral line. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales edged with dark brown ; dorsal blackish, with a whitish cross-band ; anal and ventrals blac
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. BARCUS. 145 ray very strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter anterior to dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25 in a longitudinal series, 7 between dorsal and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle ; no lateral line. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales edged with dark brown ; dorsal blackish, with a whitish cross-band ; anal and ventrals blackish, with a large white spot at the base ; caudal broadly edged with blackish. Total length 47 millim. Lake Victoria. 1. Type, Kisumu Bay, Kavirondo. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 137. BARBUS AMPHIGRAMMA. lionleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi. 1903, p. 53, pi. v. fig. 4. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 3| times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head ; interorbital width 2^ times in length of head; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderately developed; two barbels on each side, anterior about ^ diameter of eye, posterior f. Dorsal III 7, a little nearer occiput than base of caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly | length of head, not reaching ventral; first ray of latter a little in advance of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 35-36 |^, 4 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, pale olive on the back; a blackish line on the side, independently of the lateral line, which is Fig. Barhus am2>Jiigrani}na. Type (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1903). also blackish, the two meeting on the caudal peduncle; a small black spot at the base of the caudal and another at the base of the anal. Total length 40 millim. Kilimanjaro, East Africa. ^ 1-3.
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