BARBUS. 173 169. BARBUS NEGLECTUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 532, and Fish. Nile, p. 251, pl. xlvii. fig. 5 (1907).
Depth of body 3 to 3% times in total length, length of head 4 to 4% times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 24 to 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal or subinferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior half diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye or a little shorter. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as or a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 2 to # length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below or a little behind origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle | to 13 times as Barbus neglectus.
Type (F. N.).
long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 26-30 ae ~24 between lateral line and ventral fin, 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with a broad silvery lateral band, fins white and transparent ; some of the smaller specimens with a dark dot at the base of the caudal fin and another at the base of the anal.
Total length 54 millim, Lower Nile to Blue Nile.
1. Type. Ghet-el-Nassara, I. Menzaleh. L. Loat, Esq. (C.). 2-3. Types. Damietta Nile near Barrage. 5 4-23. Types. Near Luxor. i 24-25. Types. Between Luxor and Assuan. os 26-27. Ad. Wad Medine, Blue Nile. Capt. 8. Flower (P.). 28-31. Ad. Rosaires, Blue Nile. 2)
174 CYPRINID®.
170. BARBUS DOGGETTI.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiii. 1904, p. 450, and Fish. Nile, p. 255, pl. xlvi. fig. 3 (1907).
Depth of body equal to length of head, 32 times in total length. Snout rounded, 33 times in length of head, eye 33% times, interorbital width 3 times; mouth terminal; lips feebly developed; two barbels on each side, minute. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border scarcely emarginate; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Barbus doggetti.
Type (F.N.). 2.
Pectoral 2 length of head, not quite reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 29 ae 2 between lateral line and ventral fin, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery on the sides and below; a plumbeous lateral streak ; fins whitish. Total length 96 millim.
Lake Victoria.
1. Type. L. Victoria. Mr. W. G. Doggett (C.) ; Col. Delmé Radcliffe (P.).
171. BARBUS CONGICUS.
Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 100, pl. xl. fig. 3 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 226 (1901).
Depth of body 2% to 3 times in total length, length of head 34 to 32 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 24 to 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth small, subinferior ;
BARBUS. 17d lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and } to 3 diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral ? length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter Fig.152.
Barbus congicus.
Type (A. M, C.).
below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 23-25 an 2 between lateral line and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle. Olive-grey above, green on the sides, white beneath ; pectorals white, other fins red. Total length 75 millim.
Lower Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1-2. Two of the types. Matadi. M. P. Delhez (C.). 172. BARBUS PLEUROPHOLIS.
Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 100, pl. xl. fig. 4 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 227 (1901).
Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 times in total length. Barbus pleuropholis.
Type (A. M. C.).
Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 22 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth small, subinferior; lips feebly
176 CYPRINIDA.
developed ; two barbels on each side, posterior the longer, } diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye and from eaudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching eaudal. Pectoral $ length of head, nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below antes rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, those of the lateral line series much deeper than the others, 22-23 a, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle. Pale brown above, white beneath, the scales edged with crimson. Total length 40 millim.
Upper Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren.
1. One of the types. Coquilhatville. M. P. Delhez (C.). 173. BARBUS ASPER, sp. n.
Depth of body 33 to 4} times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 34 times in length of head; eye 4 to 4} times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior; lips moderate; a single barbel on each side, as long as or slightly longer Barbus asper.
Male, type.
than eye; upper surface of head of breeding male with spine-like tubercles, those on snout very large. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, # to # length of head. Anal III 4, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, nearly reaching ventral in males, not in females; base of ventral below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle Be to 1# times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 37-42 am 5-6 between lateral line and ventral, 18-20 round caudal
BARBUS. 177 peduncle; dorsal scales rough with minute spinose nuptial tubercles. Brown above, whitish beneath, the scales on the sides darker in the centre ; an ill-defined dark lateral band.
Total length 110 millim.
Cape Colony.
1. Ad. Groote R., Sleytlerville. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 2-5, Ad. & yg. Le Roux R., Ondtsloon. % 174. BARBUS ANOPLUS.
M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 151. Depth of body 32 to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3} times in length of head; eye 3 (young) to 43 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth terminal Barbus anoplus.
Port Elizabeth.
or subinferior ; lips moderate ; a single barbel on each side, 4 (young) to 1 diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7 (rarely 6), equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border 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, not reaching ventral ; base of latter entirely or partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 32-36 =e 2, 3141 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, the scales often darker in the centre ; a blackish lateral streak from above origin of lateral line to root of caudal. Total length 80 millim.
Eastern parts of Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, Transvaa].—Types in Amsterdam University Museum.
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178 CYPRINIDA.
1-10. Hgr. & — Grobelaars R. near Ondtsloon. Dr. J. D, F. Gilchrist (P.). yg 11-17. Ad. Baakens R., Port Elizabeth. O. West, Esq. (P.). 18. Ad. Port Hlizabeth. F. W. FitzSimons, Esq. (WEB) 19-20. Her. és Mr. J. L. Drege (P.).
21-22. Ad. Near Cathcart. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 23-25. Ad. Buffalo R. near King William’s | Major H. Trevelyan (P.). Town.
26-29. Ye. Vredefort, Orange R. Colony. Capt. Barrett - Hamilton 2): .
30-32. Ad. & L. Chrissie, 150 m. E. of P. A. Methuen, Esq. (P.). her. Pretoria.
33-34. Her. Klein Olifant R., Transvaal. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 35-39. Her. Groot Olifant R.at Kalkfontein, 8. Pershouse, Esq. (P.). Transvaal.
175. BARBUS AFER.
Barbus (Capoéta) afer, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 395. Barbus afer, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 148 (1868). Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 34 times in length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head; Fig.156.
Barbus afer.
Cape Town.
mouth small, inferior ; 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 not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, sometimes reaching ventral; base of latter originating slightly in. advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-31 Fe) 3 between lateral line and
BARBUS. 179 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, with a rather indistinct dark lateral band on the posterior half of the body, more distinct on the caudal peduncle; fins whitish. Total length 70 millim.
Cape Colony.—Type in Berlin Museum.
1. Ad. Near Cape Town. ‘ Challenger’? Expedition. 176. BARBUS MAGDALEN &.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 437, and Fish. Nile, p. 256, pl. xlvi. fig. 4 (1907).
Depth of body 34 to 3? times in total length, length of head 43 to 5 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 22 to 3 times in length of head; interorbital width 2} times in length of head; mouth Fig.157.
Barbus magdalene.
Type (F. N.).
small, terminal; lips very thin; no anterior barbel; posterior barbel very minute or absent. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral ? length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 29-32 2, 1-13 between lateral line and ventral, 10 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, yellowish olive on the back, with a more or less distinct darker lateral stripe; fins yellow. Total length 71 millim.
Lake Victoria.
1-8. Types. Bunjako. Mr. E, Degen (C,).
9, Skel. 5 » » n2
180 CYPRINIDA.
177. BARBUS ROGERSI, sp. n.
Deyn of body equal to length of head, 3} times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 22 times in length of head ; interorbital width 3 times in length of head ; mouth very small, inferior ; Fig.158.
Barbus rogersi.
Type, Que R. x 13.
lips moderate; barbels absent or a single minute one on each side. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral ? length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 times as long asdeep. Scales radiately striated, 27-28 ap 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back olive; a blackish streak from the end of the snout, through the eye, and along the lateral line to the root of the caudal; dorsal edged with blackish.
Total length 55 millim.
Que River, Angola ; Upper Zambesi.
1. Type. Que R. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.).
2. Type. Umsitu R., Broken Hill, Rey. F. A. Rogers and ‘I N.W. Rhodesia. E. C. Chubb, Esq. (P.).
178. BARBUS BRAZZA.
Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1901, p. 330 (1902), and Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 29, pl. i. fig. 2.
Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 32 times. Snout as long as eye, which is 3 times in length of head and equals interorbital width; mouth subinferior; lips moderate; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border of eye and from