BAR BUS. 



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39. BARBUS FERGUSSONII. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 12, and Fish. Nile, p. 230, pl.xliii. 

 fig. 1 (1907). 



Depth of body 3| to 4J times in total length, length of head 4 to <L\ 

 times. Snout rather pointed, 3 times in length of head ; eye 5 to &\ 

 times in length of head, mterorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior, its 

 width 5 times in length of head ; lips moderate, lower interrupted on 

 the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, 

 posterior a little longer. Dorsal IV 9, nearer occiput than caudal, 

 border concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, scarcely 



Fig. 38. 







Barb us fergussonii. 

 Type(F. X.). f. 



curved, f to f length of head. Anal III 5, nearly reaching caud;il. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long as 

 deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 36-37 ||, 2| between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, lighter 

 beneath, the scales darker at the base. 



Total length 235 millim. 

 Lake Albert Edward. 

 1-2. Types. L. Albert Edward. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (0.). 



40. BARBUS INTERMEDIUS. 

 Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 7, pi. i. fig. 2 (1837) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mug. N. li. 

 (7) x. 1902, p. 421, and Fish. Nile, p. 22S, pi. xxxix. fig. 2 (1907). 

 Depth of body 3| to 4 times in total length, length of head of to i\ 



