BAKBUS. G7 



]\\)9, moderately developed, lower broadly interrupted on the chin ; two 

 barbels on each side, anterior If diameters of eye, posterior 2. Dorsal 

 IV ]0, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border concave; 

 last simple ray very stronsr, bony, not serrated, slightly curved, 1 g- times 

 length of head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as 

 head, nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep. Scales longitudinally 



5— 



striated, 28 p, 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath ; fins whitish. 



Total length 220 millim. 



Mathoiya River, Upper Tana, British East Africa, 

 1. Ad. Mathoiya R., Kenya District, 4000 ft. S. L. HinJe, Esq. (P.). 



49. BARBUS MENELIKl. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mu?. Paris, 1905, p. 293. 



Depth of body 2f times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout 

 3 times in length of head, eye 4 times, interorbital width nearly 3 times ; 

 mouth inferior; lower lip interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each 

 side, anterior ^ diameter of eye, posterior §. Dorsal IV 9, equally 

 distant from occiput and from root of caudal, last simple ray very strong, 

 bony, not serrated, 1^ times length of head. Anal III 5, not quite 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head ; first ray of ventral 

 anterior to origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated, 29 ^, 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Steel-blue above, white beneath. 



Total length 235 millim. 



Lake Rudolf — lype in Paris Museum. 



50. BARBUS MACMILLANL 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 190(5, p. 5G2. 



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

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

 4-^ to 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 3J tc 3| times; 

 mouth inferior, forming a broken arch, a feebly curved transverse line 

 iu front, its width 4 times in lenjith of head, lower jaw with a blunt 

 keel, covered with a thin horny sheath ; lower lip very feebly developed, 

 confined to the sides ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1 to I^ diameters 

 of eye, posterior 1^^ to If. Dorsal IV 8-9, equally distant from occiput 



50 Bou I/II 



