BARBUS. 



41 



nearly straiglit, | to | length of head. Anal III 5, someti-mes reaching 

 root of caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| to 

 ]§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-o0 ^, 2^ 



Fig. 21. 



Barhus gudaricus. 

 Type(F. N.). i. 



between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive 

 above, silvery white beneath. 



Total length 265 millim. 



Gudar River (Blue Nile), Wondinak River (Omo), Southern Ethiopia. 



1-2. Types. Gudar R., 3400 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiio (C.) : 



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

 3. Type. Metti R., affluent of Gudar R., „ 



3500 fr. 

 i. Ad. Wondinak R., 3000 ft. „ 



21. BARBUS MENTO. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. JD02, p. 434. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 6 limes in length of 

 head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in 

 length of head ; lips very strongly developed, lower produced into a 

 subtriangular median lobe which is as loug as eye; anterior barbel Ig, 

 posterior If diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 8, its distance from occiput 

 a little less than its distance from caudal, border concave; last simple 

 ray very strong, bony, not seriated, slightly curved, h length of head. 

 Anal III 6, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not 



