88 CYPKINID^. 



seven longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the 

 base of the ventral. 13ody rather compressed and elevated ; snout 

 obtuse ; mouth subinferior, lips moderately thick, the transverse fold 

 of the lower interrupted in the middle. Eyes of moderate size. 

 Anal fin twice as high as long ; caudal deeply forked. Body imma- 

 culate. {Heck.) 

 Aleppo. 



7. Barbus rajanomin. 



Heckel, in Russeqgers Reiscn, i. p. 1049, and ii. part 3. p. 209, taf. 14. 

 fig. 1. 

 D. 3/8. A. 3/5. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 13/7 + a-. 

 Third dorsal spine very strong, finely serrated. There are eight 

 longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the base of 

 the ventral. Body slender ; snout moderately produced ; mouth in- 

 ferior, lips thick. Eyes small. Anal fin twice as high as long. 

 {Heel:) 

 Aleppo. 



8. Barbus plebejus. 



Barbus plebejus, Valenc. in. Cuv. lik/zie Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 27 ; 



Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. ; Cuv. ^~ Val. xvi. p. 139, pi. 462 (fig. 



mediocr.) ; Heckel 8f Kner, Siisswasserf. p. 82 ; Canestrini, Arch. 



per la Zool. iii. p. 110, and iv. p. 72. 

 Barbus eques, Heckel ^ Kner, Susstvasserf. p. 84 (an = B. eques, 



Cuv. (§• Val. ?) 



D. 3/8. A. 3/5. Y. 9. L. lat. 66-75. L. transv. l±ll. Vert. 45. 



Third dorsal spine moderately strong, finely serrated. There are 

 eight or nine longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line 

 and the base of the ventral. Body moderately elongate; snout 

 moderately produced. Anal fin twice as high as long. 



Italy and Dalmatia. 



a. Adult : skin. Lago Maggiore. Presented by T. C. Eyton, Esq. 



Canestrini (Arch, per la Zool. iv. p. 30) maintains that Barbus 

 eques, Cuv. & Val. xvi. p. 141, pi. 463, and Bonap. Eaun. Ital. Pesc, 

 = Barbus Jlui'iatilis tybennus, Bonap. I. c, is identical with B. ple- 

 bejus of the same authors. However, the original descriptions of 

 B. eques agree in the number of scales of the lateral line, which is 

 60-65, whilst Canestrini himself gives as specijic character of 

 B. plebejus, L. lat. 66-75. Therefore we hesitate for the present 

 to unite these fishes with B. plebejus. The B. eques mentioned by 

 Heckel & Kner is evidently identical with B. j)lebejus. 



"Whether Barbus fuchii, Costa, Eaun. Nap. Pesc. p. 5, tab. 11, be 

 identical with B. plebejus or B. eques (C. & V.) cannot be decided, 

 as neither the description nor the figure are sufficiently exact. 



9. Barbus vulgaris. 



The Barbel. Der Barbe. Le Barbeau. 



Barbus, Attson. vers. 94 ; Rotulel. ii. p. 194 ; P. Jov. Use. Rom. p. 79 ; 

 Salvian. p. 8fi, fig. 19; Gemer, Aqi'at. iv. p. 124; Ahlrovancl. 



