BARBUS. 



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

 which is below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^- to 1| times 



as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-35 |f, 2-|— 3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Steel-grey above, 

 silvery beneath ; a more or less distinct darker lateral band. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Morocco. 



1-2. Types. 

 3. Ad. 



Trigadir-el-hor. 

 Shishawa R. 



E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, Esq. (P.). 

 Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (0.). 



73. BARBUS ATLANTICUS. 

 Capoeta atlantiea, Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ix. 1902, p. 123. 

 Barbies atlanticus, Bouleng. op. cit. xvi. 1905, p. 44. 



Depth of body slightly greater than length of head, 4 times in total 

 length. Snout rounded, a little longer than eye, which is 4 times in 

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



Fig. 65. 



Bar bus atlanticus. 

 Type. 



inferior, its width 3 times in length of head, lower jaw feebly curved, 

 sharp-edged, covered with a horny sheath ; lips feebly developed, widely 

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

 of the eye, posterior f or f. Small pearl-like excrescences on the 

 sides and top of the head. Dorsal III 9 ; third ray feeble, smooth, 

 stiff part £ to f length of head. Anal II 6, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, which is 

 inserted under anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice 



