BARBUS. 



G9 



length. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as 

 long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to J | times as long 

 as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 33-34 §|, 2^-3 between lateral 



Fig. 47. 



Burbus plagiostomus. 

 Tjpe(F.k). i. 



line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, darker on the 

 back, pectoral and ventral fins flesh-coloured. 



Total length 310 millim. 



Upper tributaries of the Blue Nile and Hawash ; Lake Rudolf. 



1-2. Types. Kassam R. (Hawash) at Awharra Mr. E. Degen (C). 

 Mullka, Shoa, 4000 ft. 



3. Type. Gota R. (Hawash) at Marmasa. „ 



4. Hgr. Akaki R. (Hawash), 4500 ft. 



Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (().); 

 W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



5. Ad. 



Gudar R. (Blue Nile), 3400 ft. 



52. BARBUS BINGE RI. 

 Capoeta bingeri, Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, p. 292. 



Depth of body 3-g- times in total length, length of head Sf- times. 

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 5 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 2f times; mouth inferior, its width 2| times 

 in length of head, lower jaw with a sharp edge, covered with a horny 

 sheath ; lips feebly developed, lower restricted to the sides ; two barbels 

 on each side, anterior a little shorter, posterior a little longer than eye. 

 Dorsal IV 9, nearer root of caudal than eye ; last simple ray strong, 

 bony, not serrated, about •§■ length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

 caudal. .Pectoral a little shorter than eye, not reaching ventral. 



