BARBUS. ho 



35. BARBUS LABIATUS. 

 Barhus (Labeobarbus) labiatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 11)02, ii. p. 223, pi. xvii. 

 fig. 1. 

 Depth of body a little greater than length of head, 3^ times in total 

 length. Snout obtusely pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, 3 times 

 in length of head ; eye b\ times in length of head, interorbital width 

 2f times ; width of mouth 4 times in length of head ; lips extremely 

 developed, each produced into a long triangular flap ; two barbels on 



Fig. 34. 



Burbus labiatus. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1902). |. 



each side, anterior as long as eye, posterior slightly longer. Dorsal IV 9, 

 equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; 

 last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, curved, -f length of head. 

 Anal III 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, 

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

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



28-29 %r^, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, whitish beneath ; fins grey. 



Total length 270 millim. 



Mathoiya River (Tana System), Kenya district, British East Africa. 

 1. Type. Mathoiya R. S. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 



36. BARBUS ALTK'OLA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. ."166. 



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

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



