70 



CYPlilNlD.E. 



Caudal peduncle 1-^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 30 p, 2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Olive above, lighter beneath. 



Total length 250 milhm. 



Burka River (Webi Shebeli), Southern Ethiopia. — Type in Paris 

 Museum. 



53. BARBUS BOTTEGI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 563. 



Depth of body 8 to 3J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ 

 times. Snout rounded, 3| to 3^ times in length of head ; eye 4 to 5 



Fiu. 48. 



Burbus bottei/i. 

 Type. i. 



times in length of head, interorbital width 2| to 3 times ; mouth inferior, 

 forming a broken arch, a feebly curved transverse line in front, its width 

 3^ to 4 times in length of head ; lower jaw with a blunt keel, covered 

 vvith a fine horny sheath ; lips very feebly developed, confined to the 

 sides; two barbels on each side, anterior 1^ to ]^ diameters of eye, 

 posterior 1^ to 1^. Dorsal IV 9, border emarginate; last simple ray 

 very strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, f to | length of head. 

 Anal III 5. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter. Ventral below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated, 28-30 ^f, 2-2J between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, dorsal region darker, with 



