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CYPRINID^. 



42. BARBUS JARSINUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 429. 



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

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 3^ to 4^ times in length 

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

 in length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower interrupted on the 

 chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior f to 1 diameter of eye, posterior 

 1 to 11. Dorsal IV 9 (rarely 8), nearer occiput than root of caudal, 

 border feebly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, straight, 



Fig. 41 



Barbus jarsiaus. 

 Type. 



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

 to J length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1§ times as long as deep. Scales 

 longitudinally striated, 31-34 jt-^, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, silvery on the sides 

 and below ; a darker streak along each side of the back ; axil of pectoral 

 and of ventral and base of anal bright orange. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Jerrer River (Webi Shebeli System), Southern Ethiopia. 

 1-10. Types. Jerrer R. near Harrar, 6000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



