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very strong, bony, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching 

 root of caudal. Pectoral as long as head, nearly reaching ventral ; 

 latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1 J times as long 

 as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30 ^, 3 between lateral line 



Fis. 11. 



Barbus kassamensis. 

 Type. |. 



and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, scales 

 edged with darker, yellowish beneath ; fins greenish yellow. 



Total length 225 millim. 



Kassam River (Hawash System), Southern Ethiopia. 



1. Type. Kassam R. at Awborra Mullka, Mr 



Shoa, 4000 £t. 



E. Degen (C). 



11. BARBUS DUCHESNII. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 433 ; Pelleor. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, 

 p. 291 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 208, pi. xxxv. fig. 1 (1907). 



Depth of body 3 to 3J times in total length, length of head 3|- to 

 4^ times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3| times in length of head ; eye 4 

 to 5^ times in length of head, interorbital width 2f to 3 times ; mouth 

 inferior, its width about 4 times in length of head ; lips moderate, 

 lower continuous across chin ; two barbels on each side, subequal or 

 posterior a little the longer. If to 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 9 

 (rarely 8), a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border strongly 

 concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight or 

 very slightly curved, f to f length of head in adult, as long as head in 



