BARBUS. 



161 



4 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 to ^ times in 

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

 mouth small, terminal ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior about J or f diameter of eye, posterior f to }. Dorsal III 8, 

 equally distant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, border 

 feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long 

 as the head. Anal III 5', not reaching caudal. Pectoral § to J length 



Pig. 138. 



Barhus humilis. 



Type (F.N.}. |. 



of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 29-31 A, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round 

 caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back ; an indistinct darker 

 lateral band ; fins whitish. 



'i otal length 50 millim. 



Lake Tsana, Abyssinia. 

 1-10. Types. Bahardar. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



157. BARBUS FASCIOLATUS. 

 Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 108 (1808). 



Depth of body oj times in total length, length of head 3| times. 

 Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 8 times in length of head 

 and equals interorbital width; mouth small, subinferior; lips feebly 

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

 posterior a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from 

 eye and from caudal, border scarcely concave ; last simple ray not 

 enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

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

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 



