BARBUS. 



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reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle 1£ to ]£ times as long as deep. Scales finely striated 



Fig. 9. 



Barbus ruspoHi. 

 L. Gandjule. 3 



longitudinally, 32-34 -^f 1 . 2J between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 

 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back greenish. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Lakes Abaia and Gandjule (Margherita). — Type in Genoa Museum. 

 l-<?. Ad. L. Gandjule. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.) ; 



W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



9. BARBUS ERLANGERI. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 329, pi. xxix. 



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

 times. Snout rounded or subacuminate, prominent, its length 3 to 3i 

 times in length of head ; eye 3^ (young) to 5 times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 1\ to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 5 times 

 in length of head; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin, 

 forming a small, rounded median lobe; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior § diameter of eye in young, \\ in adult, posterior longer, as 

 long as eye in young, twice as long in adult. Dorsal IV 9, its 

 distance from occiput equal to or a little less than its distance from 

 root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, 



