BARBUS. 125 a greyish stripe along each side of the body above the lateral line; a small blackish spot at base of caudal.
Total length 120 millim.
Lake Tanganyika.
1-3. Types. N. end of Tanganyika. Prof. J. E. 8. Moore (C.). 4-8. Her. & yg. Kituta. Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C.). 113. BARBUS LUMIENSIS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi. 1903, p. 52, pl. v. fig. 2. Depth of body 34 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head ; interorbital width 24 times in length of head; mouth small, terminal ; lips moderate, interrupted on the chin; barbels two on each side, anterior slightly longer than eye, posterior nearly twice as long as eye. Fig.102, Barbus lumiensis.
Type (Ann. & Mag, N. H. 1903), Dorsal Il 7, nearer occiput than base of caudal, border slightly emarginate; last simple ray bony, strongly serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral # length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1# times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27 a 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales edged with dark brown; fins whitish.
Total length 70 millim.
Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 1. Type. R. Lumi, east side of Kilimanjaro, A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (C.). running into Lake Jipi.
126 CYPRINIDE.
114. BARBUS MINCHINI.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N.H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 436, and Fish. Nile, p. 245, pl. xlv. fig. 4 (1907).
Depth of body 33 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 4 times in length of head; eye 34 times in length of head, interorbital width 23 times; mouth terminal, its width 4 length of head; lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 3 diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal III 7, equally Fie.103.
Barbus minchini.
Type (#.N.). 3.
distant from eye and from root of caudal, border nearly straight ; last simple ray strong, bony, serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal IIt 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral $ length of head, not quite reaching ventral; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-26 ce 23 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, silvery white beneath, the scales blackish at the base; a bright yellow or scarlet spot on the gill-cover; pectoral and ventral fins yellow ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins scarlet, yellow at the base. Total length 88 millim.
Lake Victoria.
1-2. Types, Entebbe. Mr. E. Degen (C.).
115. BARBUS ANSORGII.
Bouleng, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 16.
Depth of body 34 to 8 times in total length, length of head 4 to 43 times. Snout rounded, slightly shorter than eye, which is 34 times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head; mouth
BARBUS. 127 subinferior, its width 32 times in length of head; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter, posterior a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 7, a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1% times 90 42 :
as long as deep. Scales 28-29 77, 24-3 between lateral line and ventral, Barbus ansorgit.
-Type.
12-13 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath, with an ill-defined dark lateral band above the lateral line; fins uniform whitish.
Total length 70 millim.
Angola, 1-2. Types. Luache R. at Bange Neola. Dr. W, J. Ansorge (C.). 116. BARBUS THTRASPILUS.
Pfeff. Thiers. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 59 (1896).
Depth of body a little greater than length of head, which is about 34 times in total length. Snout shorter than eye, which is 3 to 33 times in length of head; interorbital width about 3 times in length of head; two barbels on each side, posterior longer than eye. Dorsal I117; last simple ray rather feeble, slender, serrated. Anal III 5. Pectoral not quite reaching ventral; base of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle little longer than deep. Scales radiately striated, dl z, 24 between lateral line and ventral. Brown above, golden yellow beneath ; four large round black spots on each side, the first above the
128 CYPRINID®.
pectoral, the second in front of vertical of dorsal, the third behind the vertical of dorsal, the fourth at base of caudal; fins whitish. Total length 50 millim.
Kavalli R., Bukoba, Upper Ituri (Congo System).—Type in Berlin Museum.
117. BARBUS LATICEPS.
Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. 2, 1893, p. 38, pl. i. fig. 4, and Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 57 (1896).
Type, after Pfeffer (J. c.).
Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout a little shorter than eye, which is 35 times in length of head; interorbital width twice in length of head; mouth terminal; lips rather thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, which is 14 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border straight; last simple ray strong, serrated, as long as bead. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral not reaching ventral; base of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales 28 ib 3 between lateral line and ventral, Silvery, back brownish.
Total length 70 millim.
Wami River, German East Africa,—Types in Berlin Museum. 118. BARBUS SEXRADIATUS, gp. n Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 times in total length. Snout rounded, slightly longer than eye, which is 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 24 times in length of head; mouth small, termixal; lips feebly developed; two barbels on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and 14 diameters of eye.
BARBUS. 129 Dorsal III 6, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border nearly straight; last simple ray bony, strongly serrated, shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 2 length of head, not quite reaching ventral; origin of latter somewhat in front of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28 ih 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath, Total length 65 millim.
Lake Victoria.
Fig.106.
Burhus sexradiatus.
Type.
1. Type. Kisumu Bay, Kavirondo. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 119. BARBUS SALMO.
Pfeff. Thierw. 0.-Afr., Fische, p. 56 (1896).
Depth of body 53 times in total Jength, length of head not quite 4 times. Snout obtusely pointed, slightly longer than eye, which is 44 times in length of head; interorbital width 25 times in length of head; mouth subinferior; lips rather thin; two barbels on each side, posterior 12 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7; last simple ray very strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5. Pectoral not quite reaching ventral; base of latter in advance of dorsal. Scales 26 Z 24 between lateral line and ventral. Brown above, silvery white beneath ; a dark lateral streak, more distinct on the caudal part of the body.
Total length 85 millim.
Pangani River, East Africa.—Type in Berlin Museum. Vor. If. K
130 CYPRINID-F.
120. BARBUS KERSTENIT.
Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1868, p. 601, and Decken’s Reise O.-Afr. iii. p. 146 (1869); Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 55 (1896); Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 414.
Barbus nigrolinea, Pfeft. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. vi. 2, 1889, p. 19, and s. 2, 1893, p. 36, pl. i. fig. 3.
Depth of body 33 to 33 times in total length, Jength of head 34 to 3% times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 32 times in length of head; interorbital width 23 to 25 times in length of head; mouth terminal, its width 4 times in length of head; jips thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from centre or posterior border cf eye and from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, its bony Barbus kerstenti.
Kilimanjaro.
part nearly as long as head. Anal IIL 5, not reaching caudal, Pectoral 2 to 4 length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral; base of latter nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 1% times as long as deep. Scales 25-26 ei 2-24 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales sometimes dark-edged ; a rather indistinct dark lateral streak. Total length 85 millim.
Kilimanjaro and Masai Districts, German East Africa.—Type in Berlin Museum.
1-2. Her. Kaka, Kilimanjaro. Prof. O. Neumann (C.). 3-4. Her. Umbuegwe, Masai District. a)
BARBUS. 1351 121. BARBUS EUTAINTA.
Barbus kessleri, part., Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 107 (1868). Barbus eutenia, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 218, Mem. Manchest. Lit. & Phil. Soe. li. 1907, no. 12, p. 2, and Proc. Zool. Soe. 1907, p-308.
Barbus miolepis, Bouleng. Mem. Manchest. 1. ec. j Depth of body 3 to 34 times in total length, length of head 32 to 44 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 34 to 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 24 to 3 times in length of head; mouth terminal, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head; lips feebly developed; barbels two on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and as long as or slightly longer than eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, bony, strongly serrated, its bony Fig.108.
Barbus euteiia.
Type.
part 2 to once length of head. Anal IIT 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral; base of latter nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 14 times as long as deep. Scales 24-28 2 2-25 between lateral line and ventral, 11-14 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery beneath ; a more or less distinct straight blackish band, often extending from the end of the snout, through the eye, to the caudal.
Total length 100 millim.
Angola, Rhodesia, Transvaal.
1-5. Types. Huilla, Mossamedes. - Dr. Welwitsch (P.). 6, Ad. Kafulafula R. (Zambesi Sys- S.A. Neave, Esq. (C.). tem), N.W. Rhodesia.
Ki 2
hoe CYPRINIDE.
7-8. Hgr. Umsitu R. (Zambesi System), Rev. F. A. Rogers and N.W. Rhodesia. KE. ©. Chubb, Esq. (P.).
9-15. Ad. & hgr. Mountain stream near Petauke S. A. Neave, Esq. (C.). (Zambesi System), N.E.
Rhodesia.
16-20. Ad. Klein Olifant R., Transvaal. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 122, BARBUS NEUMAYERI.
J. G. Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. i. 1884, p. 31; Pfeft. Thierw. O.-Afr., Tische, p. 59 (1896).
Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 44 times in total length. Snont 1} times as long as eye, which is 5} times in length of head ; mouth inferior; lips thick; two barbels on each side, anterior slightly longer than eye, posterior nearly twice as long as eye. Dorsal M117, a little nearer root of caudal than end of snout, border emarginate ; Jast simple ray strong, bony, serrated, 2 length of head. Anal III 5. Pectoral not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Scales 30-31 22, 3 between lateral line and ventral. Upper parts dark brown, lower whitish, the two sharply defined. Total length 110 millim.
Nguruman, Masai District, German East Africa.—Type in Hamburg Museum.
123. BARBUS NAIROBIENSIS, sp. n.
Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 34 to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, longer than eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of head; interorbital width 2} to 24 times in length of head; mouth terminal or subinferior, its width about 4 length of head; lips moderately developed, interrupted on chin; two barbels on each side, anterior 14 to 2, posterior 2 to 24 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from centre cr posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray strong, bony, coarsely serrated behind, shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 4 to # length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 12 times as Jong as deep. Scales 28-30 Ea 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath, with a very indistinct dark lateral stripe; fins whitish.