BAEBUS. 



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Measurements (in millimetres) and numbers of Jin-rays and scales. 



1. 



Total length (without caudal) 



Greatest depth 



Leagth of head .......... 



Width o£ head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eye . . 



Interorbital width 



Width of mouth 



Length of anterior barbel 



„ posterior barbel 



„ last simple ray of dorsal (ossified part) 



„ longest ray of anal 



„ pectoral 



Number of branched rays in dorsal 



„ scales in lateral line 



„ „ in transverse series above lateral line 



„ ,, „ „ below lateral line 



„ ,, between lateral line and ventral 



„ „ round caudal peduncle 



345 



113 



97 



60 



28 



15 



39 



22 



22 



24 



46 



80 



80 



9 



32 



5§ 



5J 



3 



12 



215 

 73 



55 

 29 

 16 

 12 

 18 

 13 

 16 

 17 

 39 

 37 

 50 

 9 

 33 



H 

 5£ 



3 



12 



210 

 68 

 54 

 29 

 17 

 12 

 18 

 13 

 21 

 21 

 43 

 37 

 49 

 9 

 31 



3 

 12 



195 

 63 

 48 

 26 

 15 

 11 

 17 

 11 

 13 

 16 

 40 

 32 

 46 

 9 

 31 



H 



2-i 

 12 



1. Zegi. — Degen. 



2-4. Didessa E. — Zaphiro. 



by one series of scales, an error which the condition of the specimen would easily 

 account for. Five specimens were obtained in the Didessa Eiver, a southern tributary 

 of the Blue Nile, by Mr. Zaphiro, 6.5.05. 



The large size of the lower pharyngeal bones and their teeth, as shown on 

 PL XXXVII. fig. 4, is a striking peculiarity of this species. 



2g2 



