999 



CYPEINID.E 



10. BARBUS DEGENI. 

 (Plate XLI. fig. 1.) 



Boulenger, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 435. 



Depth of body three and two-thirds to four and one-third times in the total length, 

 length of head three and a half to three and three-fourths times. Snout pointed, 

 twice and a half to three times in the length of the head ; diameter of the eye five to 

 eight and a half times in the length of the head, interorbital width three and a half 

 times ; snout produced into a triangular dorsal flap overhanging the lip ; mouth 

 inferior, its width four and a half to five and a half times in the length of the head ; 

 lips very strongly developed, the lower produced into a rounded median lobe which 

 measures one-half to two-thirds the diameter of the eye ; anterior barbel one to 

 one and one-third, posterior one and one-fifth to one and a half diameters of eye, the 

 space between them equal to or a little less than the diameter of the eye. Dorsal fin with 

 IV 9 rays, last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight or slightly curved, 

 one-third to two-thirds the length of the head; free edge of the fin emarginate ; its 

 distance from the occiput a little less than its distance from the caudal fin. Anal fin 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length (without caudal) 



Greatest depth 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Width of mouth 



Anterior barbel 



Posterior barbel 



Length of last simple ray of dorsal (ossified part) 



,, longest ray of anal 



„ pectoral 



420 



250 



205 



96 



67 



58 



120 



70 



54 



57 



34 



26 



46 



28 



17 



14 



12 



11 



33 



20 



16 



21 



13 



11 



16 



11 



11 



20 



14 



15 



40 



41 



38 



73 



37 



37 



70 



50 



40 



