BARBUS. 



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35. BARBUS LABIATUS. 

 Barhus (Laheoharbus) laUatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zo.J. Soc. 1U02, ii. p. 223, pi. xvii. 

 fig. 1. 

 Depth of body a little greater than length of head, 3 J times in total 

 length. Snout obtusely pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, 3 times 

 in length of head ; eye 5i times in length of head, interorbital width 

 2| times; width of mouth 4 times in length of head; lips extremely 

 developed, each produced into a long triangular flap ; two barbels on 



Fiff. 34. 



Bnrhus Ictbiatus. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1902). i. 



each side, anterior as long as eye, posterior slightly longer. Dorsal IV 9, 

 equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; 

 last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, curved, j length of head. 

 Anal III 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, 

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

 peduncle IJ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 28-29 ~^, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; tins grey. 



Total length 270 millim. 



Mathoiya River (Tana System), Kenya district, British East Africa. 

 1. Type. Mathoiya R. 8. L. Hinde, E^q. (P.). 



3(]. BARBUS ALTICOLA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag-. N. H. (7) xvii. lOOG, p. .'iGG. 



Depth of body oj to oh times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Snout rounded, 3 to o^ times in length of head; eye G to 6h times in 



