BAEBUS. 



135 



Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral not reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ 

 times as long as deep. Scales 28 ^f, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery beneath ; a dark 

 lateral band, more distinct on the caudal part of the body, sometimes 

 extending forwards, interrupter!, to upper extremity of gill-cover ; 

 dorsal and caudal fins greyish or blackish. 



Total length 67 millim. 



Lake Albert. — Types in Hamburg Museum. 



126. BARBUS PERCIVALI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi. 1903, p. 52, pi. v. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. M^m. Soc. 

 Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 178 ; Lonnb. Kilim.-Meru Exped., Fish. p. 4 



(1907). 



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

 Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is d\ to 4 times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 2^ to 2f times in length of head ; mouth small, 

 subinferior ; lips moderate, interrupted on the chin ; barbels two on 

 each side, anterior as long as eye or a little longer, posterior 1^ to 1^ 

 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 6-7, nearer occiput than base of caudal, 

 border scarcely emarginate ; last simple ray bony, strongly serrated, 



Fig. 112. 



Barhus percivah. 

 Type (Aun. & Mag. N. H. 1903). 



about 'i length of head. x\nal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 

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

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to If times as long as deep. Scales 

 28-30 '^^, 3-3^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle! Silvery, brownish on the back ; two or three black spots on 

 each side, first or first two above lateral line, last at base of caudal ; 



