130 ctprimd.t:. 



120. BARBUS KERSTENII. 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 18G8, p. 601, and Decken's Reise O.-Afr. iii. p. 146 (1869); 



Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 55 (1896); Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. 



xxi'i. 1905, p. 414. 

 Barhus nuiroUnea, Pfeff. Jalirb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. vi. 2, 1889, p. 19, and x. 2, 



1893, p. 36, pi. i. fig. 3. 



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

 3f times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which 

 is 3 to 3J times in length of head ; interovbital width 2f to 2\ times in 

 length of head; mouth terminal, its width 4 times in length of head; 

 lips thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, 

 posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 7, equally distant 

 from centre or posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border 

 straight ; last simple ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, its bony 



Fig. 107. 



Barhiis Icerstenii.. 

 Kilimanjaro. 



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

 f to I length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle \\ to 1§ times 

 as long as deep. Scales 25-26 p, 2-2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales 

 sometimes dark-edged ; a rather indistinct dark lateral streak. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Kilimanjaro and Masai Districts, German East Africa. — Type in 

 Berlin Museum. 



1-2. Hgr. Kaka, Kilimanjaro. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



3-4. Hgr. Umbugwe, Masai District. „ 



