VAEICOEHINUS. \ 353 



8 rays. Pharyngeal teeth in three series (2, 3, 4 or 5 — 5 or 4, 3, 2), 

 with spoon-shaped crowns, which may be close together as in Laheo or 

 more wide apart as in Bm^hus. 



South-western and Central Asia, Africa. 



Synoi)sis of the Species. 



L Less than 40 scales in the lateral line ; last simple rav of dorsal strong and 

 ossified. 



A. Two pairs of barbels. 



4- 

 D. IV 9 ; fSc. 29 -f ; caudal peduncle as long 



as deep; ventral below anterior soft rays 



of dorsal 1. T'. ansorgli, Blgr-, p. 353. 



^ AX 



D. IV 9 ; Sc. 31 Tj ; caudal peduncle twice 

 as long as deep ; ventral below middle 

 of dorsal 2. V. hrudi, Blgr., p. 354. 



B. One })air of barbels ; dorsal originating in advance of ventrals. 

 D. IVll; Sc. 31^; caudal peduncle 1^ 



times as long as deep ?>. V. tornieri, Stdr,, p. 355. 



D. IV 9 ; Sc. 30-35 ^£3 ; caudal peduncle 



1§— 2 times as long as deep .... 4. V. leso, Riipp., p. 356. 



II. More than 40 scales in the lateral line ; one pair of barbels, 

 D. IV 10-11, originating in advance of 

 ventrals, last simple ray slender and 



pi Ql 



flexible ; Sc. 43-46 atziQi. 5. T^. maroccanus, Gthr., p. 357. 



D. IV 8-9j originating above ventrals, last 

 simple ray very strong and ossified ; 



Sc. 64-70 j^lzjji 6. F. tangan'iccn, Blgr., p. 358. 



1. VARICORHIXUS AXSORGII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 111. 



Depth of body twice and f in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Snout rounded, broader than long, J length of head ; eye supero- 

 lateral, its diameter 5J times in length of head, twice in interorbital 

 width ; mouth wide, curved, its width f length of head ; two barbels on 

 each side, anterior f diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal 

 IV 9, equally distant from eye and from caudal, last simple ray strong, 

 bony, not serrated, shorter than head ; border of fin convex ; longest 



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