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CYPRINID^. 



114. BARBUS MINCHINI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1900, p. 43G, and Fish. Nile, p. 245, pi. xlv. 

 fig. 4 (1907). 

 Depth of body 3J times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Snout rounded, 4 times in length of head ; eye oj times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 2J times ; mouth terminal, its width J length 

 of head; lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 f diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal III 7, equally 



Barhus minchiiii. 

 Tvpe {Y. N.). ^. 



distant from eye and from root of caudal, border nearly straight ,• last 

 simple ray strong, bony, serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal 

 III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not quite 

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

 peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-20 '^^, 2^ 

 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive 

 above, silvery white beneath, the scales blackish at the base ; a bright 

 yellow or scarlet spot on the gill-cover; pectoral and ventral tins yellow ; 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal fins scarlet, yellow at the base. 



Total length 88 millini. 



Lake Victoria. 

 1-2. Types?. Entebbe. Uv. E. Degen (C). 



115. BARBUS ANSORGII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (7) xiv. 1904, p. IG. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, slightly shorter than eye, which is 3h times in 

 length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head; mouth 



