250 



CYPBINIDJL 



28. BARBUS HUMILIS. 



(Plate XLVII. fig. 4.) 



Boulenger, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 436. 



Depth of body three and one-third to three and three-fourths times in the total length , 

 length of head three and two-thirds to four times. Snout rounded, not projecting, 

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

 in the length of the head, interorbital width twice and a half to twice and two-thirds ; 

 mouth terminal, its width one-fourth the length of the head ; lips feebly developed, 

 not extending across the chin ; barbels two on each side, the anterior about half 

 or three-fifths, the posterior two-thirds or three-fourths the diameter of the eye, the 

 space between them hardly half the diameter of the eye. Dorsal fin with III 8 

 rays, last simple ray not ossified, nearly as long as the head, the border of the fin 

 emarginate ; origin of the fin a little nearer the end of the snout than the root of the 

 caudal fin. Anal fin with III 5 rays, longest three-fifths the length of the head. 

 Pectoral fin two-thirds to three-fourths the length of the head, not reaching the 

 ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal fin deeply forked. Caudal 



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peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales smooth, 29-31 4 f, 2 between lateral 

 line and ventral, 12 or 14 round caudal peduncle. 



Measurements (in millimetres). 



Total length (without caudal) 



Greatest depth 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Length of snout 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Length of anterior barbel 



,, posterior barbel 



„ last simple ray of dorsal 

 „ longest ray of anal . . . 



56 



47 



36 



17 



14 



10 



15 



12 



10 



7 



6 



5 



4 



3 



91 

 ~2 



5 



4 



3| 



6 



5 



4 



2| 



2 



2 



H 



3 



H 



14 



12 



10 



H 



n 



6 



