19. BAKBUS. 89 



p. 598 ; Wilhighby, p. 259, tab. Q 2. fi^r. 1 ; Ray, Synops. p. 121 ; 



Marsil. Dannb. iv. p. 18, tab. 7. tig. 1 ; Schoncv. p. 29. 

 Mystus, Fhn-iatilis Barbus, Bellon. i. p. 301 ; Klein, Pise. Miss. v. 



p. (34. sp. 1. 

 Cyprinus, AHetli, Genera, p. 4. no. 11, and Synon. p. 8. no. 14; 



Uronov. Zoo2>hyl. i. p. 104, and Mus. Ichthyol. i. p. 5, and ii. p. 3. 



no. 20. 

 Cyprinus barbus, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 527 ; Block, Fische Deutschl. i. 



p. 109, taf. 18 ; Bl. Schn. p. 450 ; Lacep. v. p. 524 ; Pallas, Zuogr. 



Boss. -As. iii. p. 291 ; Meidinger, Ic. tab. 9 ; Tuiimi, Brit. Faun. 



p. 107; Donovan, Brit. Fish. ii. pi. 29; Jmxjm, Man. p. 404; 



Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 177. 

 Barbeau, Duhamel, Pesehes, ii. p. 520. 

 Barbel, Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 312, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 472, 



pi. 82; Tamil, Brit. Fish. i. p. 321, and 2nd edit. i. p. 367, and 



3rd edit. i. p. 378 ; Couch, Brit. Fish. iv. p. IG, pi. 181. 

 Barbus vulgaris, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 185. 

 Barbus tiuvintWis, Agassiz, Mem. Sac. Sc. Nat. Neuchatel, i. p. 37; 



Cuv. ^- Val. xvi. p. 125 ; Sselys-Longchamps, Faun. Beige, p. 194 ; 



Kriiyer, Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 321 ; Gilnther, Fische d. Keck. p. 40 ; 



JRapp, Fische d. Bodens, p. 5 ; Heckel ^- Kner, Siisswasserf. p. 79 ; 



Kessler, Bvll. Soc. JVat. Mosc. 1859, xxxii. pt. 1. p. 527 ; Siebold, 



Siisswasserf. p. 109 ; Canestrini, Arch, per la Zoolog. iv. 1866, 



p. 79 ; Jeitteles, Fische d. March, p. 27, and Verhandl. zool.-boi. 



Gesellsch. Wien, 1862, p. 296; Blanchard, Poiss. France, p. 302 



(fig. very bad). 



eyclolepis, Heckel, Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. p. 155. 



communis, Nordmann, in Demid. Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 172. 



D. 3/8-9. A. 3/5. V. 9-10. L. lat. 55-62. L. transv. Ii:!?. 

 Vert. 26/21. 



Osseous dorsal ray strong and strongly serrated, not flexible. 

 There are seven longitudinal series of scales between the lateral 

 line and the base of the ventral. The length of the head is one- 

 fourth of the total (without caudal). Body elongate ; snout much 

 produced, with thick lips. Eyes small. Anal fin at least twice as 

 high as broad ; caudal deeply emarginate. 



Northern and Central Europe. Tributaries of the Isonzo. 



a. Thirty inches long. Serpentine. Presented by Mr. Slark. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Thames. Presented by Sir J. Banks, Bart. 



c. Adult : skin. Thames. From YaiTcU's Collection. 



d. Half-grown. London. Presented by Mr. Yarreli. 

 er-h. Adult: skins. England. 



i, Tc. Half-grown*^ Holland. 



I. Half-grown : skin. Holland. From Gronow's Collection. 



m-n. Half-grown. Eiver Amper( Bavaria). From Dr. Gemminger's 



Collection. 

 o-q. Young. River Wiirm (Bavaria). From Dr. Gemminger's 



Collection. 

 r. Adult : stuffed. Mauritius (acclimatized). From M. Telfair's 



Collection. 

 .•?. Adult : skeleton. Neckar. From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 

 t. Adult : skull. Ehine. From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 



