CATALOGUE 



OF 



AFRICAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



Suborder II. () S T A II I O P H Y S I. 

 Fam. 2. CYPIUNID.E (contiiiurd). 



4. BARBUS. 



Cuv. Regne Anim. ii. p. 1«)7 (1817); Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvi. p. 122 (1842) ; 

 Heck. Russegger's Reis. ii. p. 1017 (1843) ; Giinth. Caf. Fish. vii. p. 82 

 (18G8) ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 221 (1'>01), and Fisli. Nile, p. 195 

 (1907). 



Laheoharhus^ Rupp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 14 (1837); Heck. I.e. p. 1019. 



Cheiloharhm, A. Smith, III. Zool. S. AFr., Fishes (1841). 



Psetidoharhv^, A. Smith, 1. c. 



Capoeta, part., Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 278. 



Si/stomus, part., Heck. 1. c. p. 1016. 



Luciobarhvs, Heck. 1. c. p. 1019. 



Piintius, Bleek. Nat. Verh. M. Wptenseh. Haarl. xvii. 1862* p. 112. 



J'J?itero))nus, Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (2) xiii. 1867, [>. 407. 



Uart/notns, Giinth. t. c. p. 61. 



Body more or less compressed, covered with small, moderate, ov large 

 scales. Lateral line, if present, usually nearer the belly than the back, 

 but always running along the middle of the caudal peduncle. Mouth 

 small or moderately large, more or less protractile, with more or less 



