BAEBUS. 



85 



5i 



31-33 jj, 2-2-| between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with a very indistinct dark 

 band above the lateral line. 



Total length 155 millim. 

 Morocco. 



1-2. Types. 

 3. Type. 



Oum Erbiah. 

 E. Talmist. 



Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (C). 



71. BAEBUS FRITSCHII. 

 Gunth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, p. 231, pi. xiv. fig. A. 



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

 4£ times. Snout rounded, its length 3 (young) to 3^ times in length of 

 head ; diameter of eye 3J to 4 times in length of head, interorbital 

 width 2^ to 2J times ; mouth inferior, transverse, crescentic, with obtuse 



Fig. 63. 



Barhus fritscliii. 

 Type. f. 



lower edge, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head; lips feebly 

 developed, widely interrupted on the chin; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior about A posterior £ to 1 diameter of eye. Dorsal I1I-IV 8-9, 

 equally distant from eye or occiput and from root of caudal, border 

 straight or slightly concave ; last simple ray bony but rather feeble, 

 not serrated, the bony part \ to f length of head. Anal III 6, 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, not 

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

 peduncle 1* to 1* times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 



