BARBUS. 



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times in total length. Snout roim'led, 2f to Sj times in length of 

 head; eye 3J (young) to 6f times in length of head, interorbital width 

 2f to 3 times ; mouth subinferior, its width 3 to 4 times in length ot 

 head; lips well developed, sometimes produced in the middle, lower 

 continuous across chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior f to f 

 diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye or slightly shorter. Dorsal III 

 9 (rarely 8), equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, 

 border feebly concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, 



Barbiis radcliffli. 

 Type (F.N.). i 



straight, J to | length of head. Anal III 5, nearly reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral f to J length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

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

 as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-36 ^Ep, 2-2^ between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, 

 scales darker at the base ; fins yellow or yellowish green, often much 

 obscured with blackish. 



Total length 520 millim. 



Lake Victoria. 



L. Victoria. 



1. Ad., skin, type. 



2-5. Skins. 

 6-7. Ad. & hgr. 

 8-14. Ad., hgr., & yg. 



Entebbe. 

 Bunjako. 



Mr. W. G. Doggett (C.) ; 

 Col. Delme Radcliffe (P.). 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



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