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66 h. BARBUS RHINOPHOEUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & M:ig. N. H. (8) vi. 1010, p. 552. 



Depth of body 4 to 4^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 3| 

 times. Snout pointed, terminating in a rounded dermal pad projecting 

 strongly beyond the mouth, its length 2-| times in length of head ; eye 4 

 to 4 J times in length of head, interorbital width 3f to 4 times ; mouth 

 inferior, its width 4 to 4^ times in length of head ; lips rather strongly 

 developed, not extending across chin ; a single barbel on each side, as 

 long as or slightly longer than eye ; sides of snout with scattered, very 

 small, granular nuptial tubercles. Dorsal III 9, equally distant from 



Fig. 148. 



Barbus rltinopliorus. 

 Type. |. 



nostrils or anterior border of eye and from caudal ; last simple ray veiy 

 strong, bony, not serrated, slightly longer than head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not reaching ventral; 

 latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep' 

 Scales finely striated longitudinally, 30-32 % 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, each scale blackish 

 at the base, whitish beneath ; fins red. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Angola. 



1-2. Types. Luculla R. at Lucalla. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



