BARBITS. 



41 



nearly straight, f to £ length of head. Anal III 5, sometimes reaching 

 root of caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| to 

 ]§ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-30 |f, 1\ 



Fig. 21. 



^ 



'%: 



■•W-SSSS; 



jgisBE 



Barhus gudaricus. 

 Type (P. N.). |. 



between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive 

 above, silvery white beneath. 



Total length 265 millim. 



Gudar River (Bine Nile), Wondinak River (Omo), Southern Ethiopia. 



1-2. Types. Gudar R., 3400 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.) ; 



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



3. Type. Metti R., affluent of Gudar R., 



3500 ft. 



4. Ad. Wondinak R., 3000 ft. 



21. BAKBUS MENTO. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. J 902, p. 434. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3£ times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 6 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in 

 length of head ; lips very strongly developed, lower produced into a 

 subtriangular median lobe which is as long as eye; anterior barbel 1\, 

 posterior If diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 8, its distance from occiput 

 a little less than its distance from caudal, border concave ; last simple 

 ray very strong, bony, not seriated, slightly curved, \ length of head. 

 Anal III 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not 



