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CYKRIXIDiE. 



38. BARBUS TANENSIS. 

 Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 90, pi. xi. (part.). 



Depth of body 2£ to 3 times in total length, length of head 4£ to 4§ 

 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3± times in length of head ; eye 4 to 4| 

 times in length of head, interorbital width 2\ to 2\ times; mouth 

 inferior, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head ; lips well developed, 

 lower continuous across chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 1^ to 

 1| diameters of eye, posterior If to 2. Dorsal III-IV 9-10, equally 

 distant from occiput or eye and from root of caudal, border concave; 



Barhus tanensis. 

 Type. i. 



last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, curved, as long as head 

 or a little shorter (-f). Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long 

 as head or a little longer, reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; base of 

 latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as 



long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 25-28 3 i*n, 1J-2 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown 

 above, whitish beneath ; fins sometimes blackish. 



Total length 330 millim. 



Thikathika River, Upper Tana, East Africa. 



1-6. Types. Thikathika R. Prof. W. J. Gregory (P.). 



7. Skel. „ ,, 



