88 



CYPRINID.E. 



shorter than lieacl, not reaching ventral; hitter below anterior rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle about IJ times as long as deep. Scales 



fig. 18. 



Barhus (janauensU. 

 Type, after Vijicigiierra (7. c). 



longitudinally striated, 30 '^f, 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 

 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. 



Total length 117 millim. 



Ganana and Auata Rivers, Somaliland. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



18. BAHBUS OREAS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (7) x. 1902, p. 4,32. 



Depth of body equal to or slightly greater than length of head, of to 

 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to oj times in length of 

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

 2f to 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 4J times in length of 

 head ; lips much developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming 

 a rounded median lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as 

 eye or slightly longer, posterior 1^ to IJ diameters of eye (not longer 

 than eye in very young). Dorsal IV 8 (rarely 9), equally distant from 

 eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, 

 bony, not serrated, ^ to f length of head (as long as head in very 

 young). Anal 111 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | to J length of 

 head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 



