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CYPRINID.E, 



133. BARBUS GUIRALI. 

 Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) x. 1886, p. 163. 



Depth of body 2| to 2f times in total length, length of head o^ to 4 

 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3 to 3g^ times in length 

 of head ; interorbital width 2^ to 3 times in length of head ; mouth 

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

 developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1^-to 1^ times as long 

 as eye, posterior 1^ to 2 times. Dorsal III 8 (exceptionally 9), equally 

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

 border feebly concave ; last simple ray as long as head, strong, bony, 

 more or less strongly serrated. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, reaching or nearly reaching 



Fig. 118. 



Barbus guirah. 

 S. Cameroon. 



ventral ; base of latter below anterior half of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 as long as deep or slightly longer. Scales radiately striated, 23-26 4t^> 

 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, back pale brown ; tip of dorsal black or blackish. 



Total length 155 millim. 



Benito River and South Cameroon.— Type in Paris Museum. 



