136 CYPRINID^. 



a small black spot on each side of base of dorsal at its origin ; a more 

 or less distinct dark streak along lower surface of caudal peduncle. 



Total length 55 millim. 



Kilimanjaro, East Africa. 



1-10. Types. Nairobi R., east side of Kihma- A. Blayney rercival, Esq. (C). 

 njaro, 6500 ft. 



127. BARBUS ZANZIBARICUS. 

 Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1«G8, p. (iOl, and Decken's Reise O.-Afr. iii. p. 146 (1869); 



Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xiii. 1893, p. 454 ; Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., 



Fische, p. 58 a896). 

 Barhus zanzibaricuSyViir. paucior, Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 414. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3^ times 

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

 mouth terminal, 5^ times in length of head ; lips thin ; two barbels on 

 each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, posterior a little longer. 

 Dorsal III 7--8. equally distant from centre or posterior border of eye 

 and from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, bony, 

 serrated, shorter than head. Anal 111 5 (or 6), not reaching anal. 

 Pectoral about f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal peduncle IJ to 1| times as long 

 as deep. Scales 29-31 ^^, 2|-3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back ; a dark dot 

 at base of caudal. 



Total length 97 millim. 



East Africa (Mombasa and Masai Districts, and Somaliland). — Type 

 in Berlin Museum. 



1-3. Hgr. & yg., types Lake Ufione, Masai District. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 

 of var. paudor. 



128. BARBUS ARGENTEUS. 



Giintli. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (1868); Bouleng. Boll. Mus. Toriu. xi. 1896, no. 260, 

 p. 2. 



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

 times. Snout obtusely pointed, as long as eye, which is 3|- to 4 times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3|- times in length of head ; 

 mouth subinferior, its width 3^- to 4 times in length of head ; lips feebly 



