BARBUS. 93 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 832-33 as 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, yellowish beneath.
Total length 170 millim.
Natal.
nN h ; “() x K IAG Ip LE 09910) Barbus lobochilus.
Type.34.
1. Type. Natal. Army Medical College (P.), 80. BARBUS CHILOTES.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 494. Depth of body 34 times in total length, length of head 4 or 44 times. Snout rounded, about 4 length of head; eye 34 (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 2} to 2% times; mouth inferior, its width 34 to 4 times in length of head; both lips much developed, each more or less produced into an obtusely pointed median lobe; two barbels on each side, posterior nearly twice as long as anterior and a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 9-10, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, or a little nearer latter, border concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 1} times as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 a 2-22 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal
94 CYPRINIDA.
peduncle. Pinkish brown above, the scales edged with blackish, white beneath ; fins dark grey.
Total length 235 millim.
Upper Zambesi.
Barbus chilotes.
Type. 2.
1-2. Types. Maramba R., 2 miles above T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). Victoria Falls.
81. BARBUS CAUDOVITTATUS.
Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 32, pl. ix. fig. 2 (1902). Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 34 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth small, inferior; lips moderate, lower continuous across chin; two barbels on each side, posterior twice as long as anterior and a little shorter than eye. Dorsal LI 9, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, # length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral # length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 26-28 i 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, golden beneath, scales darker at
BARBUS. 95 the base; dorsal fin blackish in front ; a black band along each lobe of caudal.
Total length 90 millim. Ubanghi.—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. Fig.73.
Barbus caudovittatus.
Type (A.M.C.). 4 1. One of the types. Banzyville. Capt. Royaux (C.). 82. BARBUS RHODESIANUS. Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 14, pl. ii. fig. 2,and Mem. Manchest. Philos. Soe. li. 1907, no. 12, p. 2. Depth of body 3} to 33 times in total length, length of head 4 to 43 times. Snout rounded, } length of head; eye 33 to 4} times in length Fig.74.
Barbus rhodesianus.
Type (P. Z. 8.1902). 4, of head, interorbital width 2} times; mouth inferior, its width 34 to 4 times in length of head; lower jaw with angular edge ; lips thin, lower restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, subequal, about 4 diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8-9, equally distant from eye and from
96 CYPRINIDA, root of caudal, border notched ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, # to # length of head. Anal II 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, the base of which is below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 2 23-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, silvery below; fins dark.
Total length 280 millim.
Mashonaland, N.E. Rhodesia (Zambesi System).
1-4. Types. Near Mazoé, Mashonaland. J. ffolliott Darling, Esq. (P.). 83. BARBUS VICTORIA.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 492.
Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 43 times. Snout rounded, } length of head; eye 5 times in length of head, interorbital Barbus victoria.
Type. 3.
width 24 times; mouth inferior, its width 3 times in length of head; lower jaw with a nearly straight sharp edge, covered with a thin horny sheath ; lips rather thick, papillose, lower restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior 4, posterior 4 diameter of eye. Dorsal 1V 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ;
BARBUS. on last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 1} times length of head. Anal III 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral, the base of which is below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 50-31 Bs 24 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pinkish brown above, each scale blackish at the base; pinkish white beneath ; fins dark grey.
Total length 320 millim.
Upper Zambesi.
1. Type. Gorge below Victoria Falls. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). 84. BARBUS FAIRBAIRNII.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 493.
Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout obtusely pointed, covered with horny tubercles on tip and sides, not quite 3 times in length of head; eye 6 times in length of head, inter- Barbusfairbairnt.
Type. 4.
orbital width 24 times; mouth inferior, its width 34 times in length of head ; lips moderate, lower restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, subequal, posterior ? diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, smooth, as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as VOL. fi. H
98 CYPRINIDA.
long as head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below middle of doxsal. Caudal peduncle 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitedinally striated, 54 s 23 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Purplish brown above, pinkish white beneath, the scales blackish at the base ; fins purplish brown. Total length 420 millim.
Upper Zambesi.
1. Type. Gorge below Victoria Falls. I. Codrington, Esq. (P.). 85. BARBUS CODRINGTONII.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 492.
Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 4 length of head; eye 6 times in length of head, interorbital width 24 times; mouth inferior, its width 3 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower broadly interrupted on the chin; two Barbus codringtonit.
Dype:)3.
barbels on each side, anterior 4, posterior 3 diametex of eye. Dorsal ILI 9, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 14 times as long as head. Anal I11 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle slightly
BARBUS. ag ieee : an longer than deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32 j;, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, the scales blackish at the base, pink on the sides, white beneath ; dorsal and ventrals yellow.
Total length 390 millim.
Upper Zambesi.
1. Type. Near Victoria Falls. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). $6. BARBUS WURTZI.
Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1908, p. 266, and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) x. 1908, p. 127, fig.
Depth of body a littie over 3 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, about 3 length of head; eye 3% times in length of head, interorbital width 24 times; mouth small, inferior ; lips feebly developed, interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, posterior the longer and a little more than 4 diameter of eye. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, slightly longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 29 2 24 between Jateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, white beneath; fins brownish yellow.
Total length 148 millim.
Great Falls of Koukouré River, French Guinea.—Type in Paris Museum.
87. BARBUS MACROLEPIS.
Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. vi. 1889, p. 17, x. 2, 1893, p. 34, pl. i. fig. 1, and Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 63 (1896).
Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 34 times in length of head; eye 34 to 3% times in length of head, interorbital width 22 times ; mouth inferior, semicircular, its width 33 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower restricted to the sides ; lower jaw with obtusely angular edge ; two barbels on each side, subequal, barely half diameter of eye. Dorsal 1V 10-11, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border deeply concave; last simple ray feebly enlarged, articulated except at the base, not serrated, WZ
100 CYPRINIDA.
a little longer than head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 25-27 ae 2 between lateral line and ventral, Barbus macrolepis.
Type.
12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath, scales edged with darker.
Total length 110 millim.
Rukagura and Wami Rivers, Usagara, German Hast Africa.—Type in - Hamburg Museum.
1. One of the types. Mbusini. Dr. Stuhlmann (C.) ; Hamburg Museum (B.).
88. BARBUS LAGOENSIS.
Barynotus lagensis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 61 (1868). Barbus lagoensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 45. Depth of body 23 times in total length, length of head 42 times. Snout rounded-subtruncate, 54 times in length of head; eye not quite 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 24 times; mouth inferior, semicircular, its width 53 times in length of head; lips feebly developed, lower restricted to the sides; lower jaw with sharpish edge; two