BABBITS. 



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4?>. BARBUS ILG1. 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 293. 



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

 Snout broadly rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4^ times in 

 length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth inferior; lower lip 

 interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, anterior -§ diameter 

 of eye, posterior f . Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from 

 root of caudal ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, f length of 

 head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 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, 30 ^, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Olive above, silvery beneath. 



Total length 195 millim. 



Akaki River (Hawash), Southern Ethiopia.— Type in Paris Museum. 



44. BARBUS EDUARDLANUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) viii. 1901, p. 12, and Fish. Nile, p. 2'M, pi. xliii. 

 fig. 2 (1907). 



Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 3f times. 

 Snout rounded, §\ times in length of head ; eye 6|- times in length of 



Fist. 42. 



■t-^d 



Barbus eduardianus. 

 Type (F. N.). |. 



head, interorbital width 2\ times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in 

 length of head ; lips moderate, interrupted on chin ; two barbels on 

 each side, subequal, a little shorter than eye. Dorsal III 9, a little 



