BAEBUS. 



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75. BARBUS BOWKEPJ. 

 Barbus gurneyi, pari, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 102 (1868). 

 Barbus bowheri, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ix. 1902, p. 288. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 4 \ times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, about J length of head ; 

 eye 4| to 5-§ times in length of head, interorbital width 2f to 3 times ; 

 width of mouth 3J to 4 times in length of head ; lips thick, lower 

 extending across chin, where it may form a small rounded lobe ; 2 barbels 

 on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and as long as or 

 slightly longer than eye. Dorsal III 8-9, equally distant from occiput 



Figr. 07. 





Burbus bowheri. 

 Type. 



and from root of caudal, border slightly concave ; last simple ray not 

 enlarged, flexible, smooth, f- to f- length of head. Anal II-III 5, 

 reaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral \ to |- length of head, not 

 reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Scales longi- 

 tudinally striated, 33-36 ,J p 

 14-16 round caudal peduncle. 



Total length 255 millim. 



Natal. 



2\ between lateral line and ventral, 

 Olive-brown above, silvery beneath. 



1-5. Ad., types of B. gurneyi and B. bowkeri. 



6. Skel. 



7. Hgr., type. 

 8-9. Hgr., types. 



Durban. Mr. T. Ayres (C). 



Col. Bowker (P.). 



