BAEBUS. 29 



reaching ventral ; base oi latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal 



peduncle 1;^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales finely striated 



Fix. 9. 



Barb us ruspolii. 

 L. Gandjule. ^. 



5—0- 



longitudinally, 32-34 -p,, -, 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 

 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back greenish. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Lakes Abaia and Gandjule (Margherita). — Type in Genoa Museum. 



1-(k A(l. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro ((I) ; 



W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



9. BARBUS ERLANGERI. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 329, pi. xxix. 



Depth of body 3 to 3 j times in total length, length of head 3J to 4J 

 times. Snout rounded or subacuminate, prominent, its length 3 to 3^ 

 times in length of head ; eye 3J (young) to 5 times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 2J to 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 5 times 

 in length of head ; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin, 

 forming a small, rounded median lobe ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior f diameter of eye in young, IJ in adult, posterior longer, as 

 long as eye in young, twice as long in adult. Dorsal IV 9, its 

 distance from occiput equal to or a little less than its distance from 

 root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony. 



