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1 1. Maihels absent or reduced to one pair. 

 A. liCss than 50 scales in lateral line. 



1. Last simple ray of dorsal strong and ossified, followed \>\ 1' or Id 



(rarely 11) soft rays. 

 a. Barbel i diameter of eye ; rounded papilhv in front of and beliind 

 mouth. 

 Sc. 35'J?, 3, 14: ventrals lielow anterior ravs of 



dorsal !'• rarlnutoma, Blgr. 



(i. Barbel minute or absent. 



a. ^'(Mltrals below niidillc <ir dorsal. 

 Sc. 31 ^,2l, 12; eye 4§ times in l<Mi-tii ..f brad; 



barbel present V. tornieri, Stdr. 



Sc. 28-31 |i, 2i, 12 ; eye more tlian -1 times in lenoth 



of bead ; barbel absent I', sainlcrsi, Blgr. 



Sc. 30-35 %{'*, 3-3^, 12-14; eye not more tlian 4 



times in length of bead ; barbel present .... I . flciiithtchiieri, Blgr. 

 )8. Ventrals below anterior soft rays of dorsal. 

 * Snout oidy a little broader than long. 



*" Snout much broa<ler than long. 

 head ; snout willi tubercles 1'. heso. Hiipp. 



pi 



Sc. 34-35 ri: , 3, 12 ; eye 4 or 5 times in Iciigtb of 



bead; no tubercles on snout I'. ^//,(^/.^/<j»i«, I'appoiib. 



Sc. 34-39 ff=jy, 3-3^, 12-14; eye 3 to 3^ times in 



O 3 — O -T 



lenstli of head : vcrv small tubercles on snout . I', lalirostris, Bbn-. 



2. Last simple ray of dorsal slender and flexible. [& Thomps. 

 Sc. 34-35 ^', 2i, 14 ; D. Ill 8-9 ; no barbel ...]'. nrelspniitensh^GWvhv. 

 Sc. 39-40 !^J-, 3i, 12 ; D. Ill 10 ; a minute barbel . l'. rinu',i:o);;, Peliegr. 

 S,-. 43-4r.,|y[J,, 4-5, 10; D. IV 10-11; ;, minute 



1 arbel I', mitrocranus, Gtlir. 



r>. ^lore tlian 50 scales in lateral line; last simide I'av of dorsal strong and 

 ossified. 

 Sc. C4-70l|kliJ, 9-10, 32-.^4 ; D. IV S-9 ; a minute 



barl el I . l(nii/(iuic(i\, Blgr. 



Sc. 34-3t) ?! , 3, 12 ; eye ■i\ times in length of Ik^uI . I', luuiuhr, Pappeuh. 



Sc. 30-35 ^t. 2-3, 12 ; eve 4 to C. tiuu>s in bngtb of 



