19. BAEBUS. 135 



its height is equal to the length of the head and contained thrice and 

 two-thirds in the total length (without caudal). Snout ohtuse ; eye 

 large. Dorsal fin elevated, commeucing op^'ositc the root of the 

 ventral, but slightly nearer to the end of the snout than to the root 

 of the caudal. Anal rather narrow and deep. Caudal deeply 

 forked. 



Mozambique. 



I know this fish (which has quite the appearance of being young) 

 from a drawing only, not quite 2 inches long, and kindly communi- 

 cated to me by Prof. Peters. 



II. Nonnally two barbels. 



A. L. lat. 48-55. 



110. Bar bus schlegeUi. 



Gobio barbus, Schlef/. Faun. Japoti. Poiss. p. 198, pi. 99. fig. 1. 

 Ilemibarbus barbas, Bleek. Prudr. C'l/pr. p. 281 (name only). 



D. 10. A. 9. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 7/7. 



The osseous dorsal ray is strong, smooth, its stiff portion being 

 longer than the head, without snout. There are four longitudinal 

 series of scales between the lateral line and the ventral fin. Head 

 and body elongate ; the length of the head is contained thrice and 

 three-fourths in the total (without caudal) ; snout produced, neaily 

 twice as long as the diameter of the ej^e, which is two-ninths 

 of the length of the head in a specimen 9 inches long; upper 

 jaw protrading beyond the lower ; lips thick, the lower dilated into 

 a pendent fiap on each side ; barbel as long as the eye. The oiigin 

 of the dorsal is in advance of that of the ventral, and nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the root of the caudal. Anal fin rather 

 deep. Coloration uniform. 



Japan; Formosa. 



a-h. Nine and six inches long. Formosa. From Consul Swinhoe's 

 Collection. 



The pharyngeal teeth are arranged in three series, as normally in 

 this genus, and not uniserial as stated by Schlegel and Blocker in 

 Prodr. Cypr. ]). 2G7, — genus Ilemibarbus of Bleuker. In tlie Atlas 

 Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 27, this author maintains tliis genus, referring 

 it to the " Barbi " with triserial teeth ; but the characters " rostrum 

 nou vel vix prominens ; labia tcretia non lobata " might be modiiied 

 into " rostrum prominens ; labia dilatata." 



111. Barbus cetopsis. 

 Labeo cetopsis, Kiier, Xovara, Fi.sc/w, p. i'>ol, taf. 15. fig. 2. 

 D. 10. A. 8. V. 8. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/?. 

 Dorsal fin Avithout enlarged osseous ray. There arc six (and a 

 half) longitudinal scries of scales between the lateral line and ventral 

 fin. Head and body elongate ; the length of the head is nearly one- 

 fifth of the total (without caudal) ; snout produced, not quite twice 



