BARBUS. OL 28. Her. Ereino R., aff. of Omo R., Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 3000 ft. W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 29-30. Her. Sire R., at its mouth (L. 5 Abaia), 3000 ft.
31. Ad. Zeissi R. (L. Abaia), 3000 ft. ne oon Elen: Ganda R., Gamu (LL. Gand- a jule), 3000 ft.
41. BARBUS HARRINGTONII.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 428. Depth of body equal to length of head, 5} times in total length. Snout rounded, a little more than } length of head; eye 8 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth large, subinferior, its SES oe cx ce Qa VEE y; If yf Y sy KAMAYY isstcstoussonns es He AA rns ene a = iv \ RON ONY Y LINER NIA v4 LOGE AODS:
Barbus harringtonir.
Type. 3.
width 3 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 14, posterior 14 diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from eos and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, nearly 4 ee of head. Anal 1 5, nearly reaching root of caudal. Pectoral $ length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} timesaslongas deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 34 a 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, whitish beneath ; fins greyish, Total length 500 millim.
Hawash River, Southern Ethiopia. 1. Type. Hawash R. at Warrar, 4000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C.).
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42. BARBUS JARSINUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 429.
Depth of body equal to length of head, 34 to 3? times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 54 to 43 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 } to 1 diameter of eye, posterior 1 tol}. Dorsal IV 9 (varely 8), nearer occiput than root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, straight, Fig.41 Barbus jarsinus.
Type.
2 to # length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 3 to 2 length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} to 13 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 31-34 ap 2 23-38 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, 6060 Ft. Mr. EK. Degen (C.).
BARBUS. 63 43. BARBUS ILGI.
Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 293.
Depth of body 33 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout broadly rounded, 35 times in length of head; eye 44 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior; lower lip interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior 3 diameter of eye, posterior 3. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, + length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1} times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 50 as peduncle. Olive above, silvery beneath.
Total length 195 millim.
Akaki River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia.—Type in Paris Museum. 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 44. BARBUS EDUARDIANUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 12, and Fish. Nile, p. 231, pl. xliii. fig. 2 (1907).
Depth of body 53 times in total length, length of head 3% times. Snout rounded, 33 times in length of head; eye 64 times in length of Fig.42.
Barbus eduardianus.
Type (F.N.). 4.
head, interorbital width 24 times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head; lips moderate, interrupted on chin; two barbels on each side, subequal, a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 9, a little
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nearer caudal than occiput, border slightly concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, $ length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral $ length of head, nearly reaching ventral ; latter originating a little in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 13 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 35 a 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, golden beneath, the scales darker at the base. Total length 450 millim.
Lake Albert Edward.
1. Type. L. Albert Edward. Prof. J. H. 8. Moore (C.). 45. BARBUS HURYSTOMUS.
Barlus intermedius, var. eurystomus, latirostris, brevicauda, Keilhack, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908, p. 166.
Described as not specifically separable from B. intermedius, but with wider mouth (23 to 3 times in length of head) and interorbital region g 4 54-63 (2 to 23 times in length of head). Scales 50-41 Ber Lake Nyassa.—Types in Berlin Museum.
46. BARBUS ZUAICUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 562. Barbus zuaicus.
Nype. 2.
Depth of body 32 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout rather pointed, 34 times in length of head; eye 4 times in length
BARBUS. 65 of head, interorbital width 53 times; mouth inferior, its width 44 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, equal in length, twice diameter of eye. Dorsal LV 10, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal ; last simple ray very strong, bony, straight, # length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 33 as 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, silvery white beneath.
Total length 190 millim.
Lake Zwai, Southern Ethiopia.
1. Type. L. Zwai. Mr. P. ©. Zaphiro (C.); W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.).
47. BARBUS SURKIS.
Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 5, pl. i. fig. 1 (1837); Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. If. (7) x. 1902, p. 424, and Fish. Nile, p. 226, pl. xlii. (1907). Depth of body 23 to 3 times in total length, length of head 3? to Barbus surkis.
ay m0 Lake Tsana.
44 times. Snout broad, rounded, 52 to 54 times in length of head; eye 44 to 6 times in length of head, interorbital width 24 to 3 times; mouth subinferior, its width 4 to 4$ times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower broadly interrupted on chin; two barbels on each side, anterior 14 to 14 diameters of eye, posterior 1} to 12. Dorsal IV 8-9, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border concaye; last VOL, Il. P
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simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, nearly straight, 2 to # length of head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal in adult. Pectoral a little shorter than head, nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 to 13 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 31-36 a 23-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Green, olive, or yellow above, yellowish or whitish beneath, fins grey or pinkish.
Total length 580 millim.
Lake sana and upper tributaries of Blue Nile.—Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort (M.).
1. Ad. Zegi, L. Tsana. Mr. H. Degen (C.).
2-5. Her. Didessa R. Mr. P. ©. Zaphiro (C.); W.N. MeMillan, Esq. (P.).
48. BARBUS MATHOLAS, sp. n.
Barbus tanensis (non Giinth.), Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 222. Depth of body 2§ times in total length, length of head 44 times. Barbus mathoie.
Type. 4.
Snout obtusely pointed, 3 times in length of head, little shorter than postocular part of head; eye 4 times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in length of head ;
BARBUS. 6T lips moderately developed, lower broadly interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior 13 diameters of eye, posterior 2. Dorsal IV 10, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, slightly curved, 14 times length of head. Anal IIL 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, nearly reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28 7, 24 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath ; fins whitish. Total length 220 millim.
Mathoiya River, Upper Tana, British East Africa.
Ate Mathoiya R., Kenya District, 4000 ft. S. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 49. BARBUS MENELIKT.
Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 293.
Depth of body 23 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout 3 times in length of head, eye 4 times, interorbital width nearly 3 times ; mouth inferior; lower lip interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 4 diameter of eye, posterior %. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, 1} times length of head. Anal III 5, not quite reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head; first ray of ventral anterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 29 7, 23 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Steel-blue above, white beneath. Total length 235 millim.
Lake Rudolf.—lype in Paris Museum.
50. BARBUS MACMILLANI.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 562.
Depth of body equal to ora little less than length of head, 34 to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 44 to 44 times in length of head, interorbital width 33 to 34 times; mouth inferior, forming a broken arch, a feebly curved transverse line in front, its width 4 times in length of head, lower jaw with a blunt keel, covered with a thin horny sheath; lower lip very feebly developed, confined to the sides ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1 to 14 diameters of eye, posterior 14 to 12. Dorsal 1V 8-9, equally distant from occiput R2
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or eye and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, 2 to # length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 14 Fie.46.
Barbus macmitlan’.
Type. 2.
to 13 times aslong asdeep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-33 7, 2-24 between lateral ne and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive above, the scales blackish at the base, silvery white beneath. Total length 220 millim.
Lake Gandjule (Margherita).
1-4. Types. LL. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.).; W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.).
51. BARBUS PLAGIOSTOMUS.
Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 429, and Fish. Nile, p. 232, pl. xxxviii. fig. 2 (1907).
Depth of body 3} to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 to 41 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 33 times in length of head; eye 44 to 51 times in length of head, interorbital width 25 to 23 times; mouth inferior, forming a broken arch, a feebly curved transverse line in front, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head, lower jaw with a blunt keel covered with a thin horny sheath; lips very feebly developed, lower confined to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, which is as long as or a little shorter than eye. Dorsal IV 9-10, nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, as long as head or only @ its