88 



CYPRINID.E. 



5- 



as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 35-B.6 y, 2^ between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Steel-grey above, 

 silvery beneath ; an indistinct darker lateral band. 



Total length 120 millim. 



Morocco. 

 1-2. Types. 



TrigaJir-el-hor. 



E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, Esq. (P.). 



74. BARBUS GILCHRISTI, sp. n. 



Depth of body 4^ times in total length, length of head of times. 



Snout rounded, projecting beyond mouth, -g- length of head ; eye 5^ 



times in length of head, interorbital width of times ; width of mouth 



3 times in length of head ; lips very thick, lower extending across chin, 



Fig. 66. 



Barhus gilchristi. 

 Type. 4. 



both produced into triangular lobes ; 2 barbels on each side, posterior a 

 little longer than anterior and slightly longer than eye. Dorsal III 8, 

 a little nearer root of caudal than occiput, border slightly concave ; last 

 simple ray feebly enlarged, segmented down to its lower third, smooth, 

 about f length of head. Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f 

 length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales longitudinally 



6- 



striated, 42 ^, 4 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal 

 peduncle. Olive-brown above, with small black spots, whitish beneath. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Cape Colony. 

 1. Type. Kraai R., Barkly East. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



