138 CYPRINID^. 



root of caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, 

 strongly serrated, the serrated part f ,to f length of head. Anal III 5, 

 not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching 

 ventral or not quite so far; base of latter below anterior half of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle If to If times as long as deep. Scales 28-30 -^r^' 

 2 J between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown 



Fig. 114. 



Barhus weUmuni. 

 Type. 



above ; a blackish lateral band, more or less indistinct, or broken up 

 into spots, in front. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Angola. 

 1-6. Types. Interior o£ Benguella, 1000-5000 ft. Dr. F. C. Welhnau (P.). 



130. BABBUS KESSLERI. 

 Puntius kessleri, Steind. Verli. zool.-bot. Gres. Wien, xvi. 1866, p. 768, pi. xiv. 



fig. 3. 

 Barhus caudimacula, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 107 (1868). 

 Barbus kessleri, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1901, p. 218. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, a little shorter tlian or barely as long as eye, 

 which is 3 to 3^^ times in length of head ; interorbital width 2| to 2f 

 times in length of head ; mouth subinferior, its width about 3 times 

 in length of head ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior nearly as long as eye, posterior IJ to 1^ diameters of eye. 

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

 and from root of caudal, border straight ; last sim[)le ray strong, bony, 

 strongly serrated, the serrated part f to J length of head. Anal III 5, 



