BARBUS. 129 



Dorsal III 6, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border 

 nearly straight ; last simple ray bony, strongly serrated, shorter than 

 head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, 

 not quite reaching ventral ; origin of latter somewhat in front of origin 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 28 jf, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Lake Victoria. 



Barhun srxradiutut. 

 Type. 



1. Type. Kisuinu Bay, Kavivondo. A. Blavney Percival, Esq. (P.). 



119. BARBUS SALMO. 

 Pfeflf. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 56 (1896). 



Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head not quite 

 4 times. Snout obtusely pointed, slightly longer than eye, which is 

 4i times in length of head ; interorbital width 1\ times in length of 

 head; mouth subinferior; lips rather thin; two barbels on each side, 

 posterior If diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7; last simple ray very 

 strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5. Pectoral 

 not quite reaching ventral ; base of latter in advance of dorsal. 

 Scales 26 % 2$ between lateral line and ventral. Brown above, silvery 

 white beneath ; a dark lateral streak, more distinct on the caudal part 

 of the body. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Pangani River, East Africa.— Type in Berlin Museum. 



VOL. It. 



