42 



CYPEINID,?:. 



reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 35 ^, 3 between 



¥lr. 22. 



Barhus mento. 

 Type. I. 



lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, 

 yellowish beneath ; fins greyish. 



Total leiigth 300 millim. 



Gota River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia. 

 1. Type. Gota R. at Murmasa, Adal, .5000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



22. BARBUS REINII. 



Guntli. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, p. 2;}1, pi. xiii.,and Nov. Zool. ix. 1902, 

 p. 447. 



Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3| to 4 

 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to 3J times in length of head ; 

 eye 4 (young) to 8 times in length of head, interorbital width 2J tg 

 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 to i\ times in length of head ; 

 lips well developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming a short 

 rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, subequal, or posterior a little 

 longer than anterior and 2 to 3 diameters of eye (IJ to If in young). 

 Dorsal III-IV 8, equally distant from occiput or eye and from root of 

 caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its 

 ossified part about \ length of head in adult, f to f in young. Anal 

 III 5, usually not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to | length of head, not 

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

 peduncle Ih to 1| times as long as deej). Scales longitudinally striated. 



