42 



CYPB1XIDJE. 



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



, 5i 



If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 35 gj, 3 between 



Fig. 22. 



Bitrbus mento. 

 Type. f. 



lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, 

 yellowish beneath ; fins greyish. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Gota River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia. 

 1. Type. Gota It. at Marmasa, Ada!, 5000 ft. Mr. E. Degeu (C). 



22. BARBUS REINII. 

 Gunth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, p. 231, pi. xiii.,and Nov. Zool.ix. 1902, 

 p. 447. 

 Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3^ to 4 

 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to 3^ times in length of head ; 

 eye 4 (young) to 8 times in length of head, interorbital width 2^ to 

 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 to 4^ times in length of head ; 

 lips well developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming a short 

 rounded lobe; two barbels on each side, subequal, or posterior a little 

 longer than anterior and 2 to 3 diameters of eye (1^ to If in young). 

 Dorsal III-IV 8, equally distant from occiput or eye and from root of 

 caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its 

 ossified part about \ length of head in adult, § to f in young. Anal 

 III 5, usually not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to f length of head, not 

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

 peduncle 1^ to If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 



