BARBUS. 117 



103. BARBUS TAITENSIS. 

 Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 91. 



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

 Snout shorter than eye, which is 8^ to 3J times in length of head ; 

 interorbital Avidth 3 times in length of head ; mouth small, terminal ; 

 lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior ^ length of 

 eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye 

 and from caudal ; last simple ray strong, bony, serrated, as long as head. 

 Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 32-33 p, 2 J 

 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, 



Fig. 93. 



Barhus taitensis. 

 Type. 



with a bluish band along the middle of the side, the band terminating 

 in a small blackish spot at the root of the caudal fin. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Taita district, inland of Mombasa, British East Africa. 

 1-2. Types. Taiia. Mr. Wray (C). 



104. BARBUS PFEFFERI. 



Barhns alius (non Giinth.), Pfeffer, Thierw. O.-Afr., Fiseho, p. GO (1890). 

 Barhus pfeffevi, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 43. 



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

 4:\ times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3J times in 

 length of head; interorbital width 2^ times in length of head ; mouth 

 terminal ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 slightly shorter, posterior slightly longer than eye. Dorsal III 8, equally 

 distant from eye and from caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple 



