. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. C2 CYPRINID^. 42. BARBUS JARSINUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 429. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| to 3f times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 3^ to 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior f to 1 diameter of eye, posterior 1 to 11. Dorsal IV 9 (rarely 8), ne
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. C2 CYPRINID^. 42. BARBUS JARSINUS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 429. Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| to 3f times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 3^ to 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior f to 1 diameter of eye, posterior 1 to 11. Dorsal IV 9 (rarely 8), nearer occiput than root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, straight, Fig. 41. Barbus jarsiaus. Type. f to f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to J length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 31-34 jt-^, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, silvery on the sides and below ; a darker streak along each side of the back; axil of pectoral and of ventral and base of anal bright orange. Total length 115 millim. Jerrer River (Webi Shebeli System), Southern Ethiopia. 1-10. Types. Jerrer R. near Harrar, 6000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C).. 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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