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Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) · Text

Pages 153–160

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BARBUS. 141 22-27. Ad. & hgr., Ogowe. Miss Kingsley (C.). types.

28-29. Ad., type. Sette Cama, Gaboon.

30-33. Ad., types. Kaika-N’Zobe, Chiloango. Major Cabra (C.). 34-35. Ad. & her. Landana, Lower Congo. Dr. Jackson (C.) ; Hon. W. Rothschild (P.).

36-37. Ad. Lindi R., Upper Congo. M. M. Storms (C.). 38. Ad. Irumu, W. of Ruwenzori R. B. Woosnam, Esq. (C.); (Congo System). Ruwenzori Expedition.

132. BARBUS MIOLEPIS.

Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. p. 31, pl. ix. fig. 1 (1902). Depth of body 34 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of Fig.117.

Barbus miolepis.

Type (A. M.C.). #.

head and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye, posterior a little longer. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately serrated, 23 a 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, silvery beneath; a blackish lateral band from gill-cover to root of caudal.

Total length 70 millim.

Yembe River at Banzyville, Ubanghii—Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren.

142 CYPRINID.

133. BARBUS GUIRALL Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) x. 1886, p. 163. Depth of body 23 to 2% times in total length, length of head 34 to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3 to 34 times in length of head; interorbital width 24 to 3 times in length of head; mouth subinferior, its width 3 to 3} times in length of head; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 14 to 1} times as long as eye, posterior 1} to 2 times. Dorsal ILI 8 (exceptionally 9), equally distant from centre or posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray as long as head, strong, bony, more or less strongly serrated. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, reaching or nearly reaching Fig.118.

Barbus guirali.

S. Cameroon. }.

ventral; base of latter below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or slightly longer. Scales radiately striated, 23-26 ep 24-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back pale brown; tip of dorsal black or blackish. Total length 155 millim.

Benito River and South Cameroon,—'Type in Paris Museum.

BARBUS. 143 1-3. Ad. Kribi R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Hsq. (C.). 4, Skel. ” ” ” 5. Her. Nyong R., ra ea 6-8. Ad. &hgr. JaR., Fe a 9. Her. Bumba R. at Assobam, 8. Cameroon. oe 134. BARBUS LITAMBA.

Keilhack, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908, p. 164. Depth of body 34 times in total length, length of head 3% times. Snout rounded, not longer than eye, which is 43 times in length of head ; interorbital width 23 times in length of head; mouth inferior, its width 34 times in length of head; lips feebly developed, restricted to the sides; a single barbel on each side, not } diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, strongly serrated. Anal III 5. Base of ventral in front of dorsal. Scales 40 be 4 between lateral line and ventral.

Total length 285 millim.

Kiwira River, north end of Lake Nyassa.—Type in Berlin Museum. 135. BARBUS TREVELYANTI.

Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xix. 1877, p. 313. Depth of body 34 to 4 times in total length, length of head 53 to Fig.119.

Barbus trevelyani.

Type.

4 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3} times in length of head; eye 3} to 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 24 to 24 times; mouth

144 CYPRINID#.

small, subinferior; lips moderate; a single barbel on each side, 3 to ¢ diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray rather strong, bony, finely serrated in its upper part only, the stiff part % to 2 length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral # to # length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter partly in front of vertical of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33-36 Pee 3-4 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath; a dark streak on each side, from above the origin of tbe lateral line to a round black spot at the root of the caudal.

Total length 95 millim.

Buffalo River, Cape Colony.

1-6. Types. Buffalo R., near King William’s Major H. Trevelyan (P.). Town.

7-9. Ad. King William’s Town. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). Barbus kurumani, Casteln. Mém. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 59 (1861), from the Kuruman River (Orange River System), is perhaps allied to B. trevelyani, as it is described as having a single pair of barbels, a strong spine to the dorsal, large scales, and a black spot at root of caudal. Total length 110 millim.

136. BARBUS APLEUROGRAMMA, sp. n.

Depth of body 34 times in total length, length of head 33 times. Hie, 120.

Barlus apleurogranma, Type.

Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 times in length of head ; interorbital width 24 times in length of head; sides of snout with scars of nuptial tubercles; mouth small, terminal; lips feebly developed ; a single barbel on each side, } diameter of eye. Dorsal ILI 7, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border straight; last simple

BARBUS. 145 ray very strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 3 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.

Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi. 1903, p. 53, pl. v. fig. 4. Depth of body equal to length of head, 33 to 32 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head; interorbital width 23 times in length of head; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderately developed; two barbels on each side, anterior about 4 diameter of eye, posterior 3. 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 3 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 ah 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 Wig.

121.

Barbus amphigramma.

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. Types. Nairobi R., 6500 ft. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (C.). VOL. II. L

146 CYPRINIDA.

138. BARBUS BURCHELLL.

Barbus (Pseudobarbus) burchelli, A. Smith, Tl. Zool. 8. Afr., Fish. pl. xi. fig. 1 (1840).

Barbus burchelli, M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 153. Depth of body 4 to 44 times in total length, length of head 34 times. Snout rounded, 3} times in length of head; eye 4 to 5 times in length of head; interorbital width 22 to 3 times; mouth inferior; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior % to 1 diameter of eye, posterior | to 14. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from occiput or eye and from caudal, border convex ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, Barbus burchelli.

Stellenbosch.

3 to % length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 2 length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 34-38 eee 4 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, some of the scales darker in the centre ; an indistinct dark lateral stripe. ‘Total length 105 millim.

Cape Colony.

Ad. Stellenbosch, Herste R. S. African Museum (P.). Deelfontein. Mr. Seimund (C.); Col. Sloggett (P.).

1-3.

APNG og, 5

BARBUS. 147 139. BARBUS MOTEBENSIS.

Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii. 1. 1894, p. 453, pl. ii. fig. 2. Depth of body equal to length of head, about 3} times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 4% times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth small, subinferior ; two barbels on each side, anterior about $ as long as posterior, which is a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from candal, border convex ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal JII 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, reaching ventral; latter originating a little in advance of Barbus motebensis.

Type,afterSteindachner(J.c.).

dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 82-33 a 4-41 between lateral line and ventral. A dark lateral streak from above lateral line to root of caudal ; a dark spot at base of dorsal.

Total length 90 millim.

Motebe River, Upper Notuany River, Marico District, Western Transvaal.

140. BARBUS BURGI, sp. n.

Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 33 to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 34 times in length of head; interorbital width 25 to 23 times in length of head; mouth small, inferior; lips moderate; two barbels on each side, anterior about 4 length of posterior, which is } diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border nearly straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior L2

148 CYPRINIDA.

rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 30-32 #2, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal BR Barbus burgi.

Type.

peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, with a rather indistinct dark lateral band on the posterior half of the body; fins whitish. Total length 85 millim.

Cape Colony.

1-3. Types. Burg R., Paarl Division. S. African Museum (P.). 141. BARBUS VULNERATUS.

? Barbus gobionides, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvi. p. 189 (1542). Gnathendalia vulnerata, Casteln. Mém. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 57 (1861). Barbus multimaculatus, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixi. i. 1870, p. 633, pl. ill. fig. 2. Barbus vulneratus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 45. Barbus vulneratus.

Type of B. multimaculatus, after Steindachner (1. c.). Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 33 to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 34 to 34 times in length of head; interorbital width about 3 times in

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