BARB US. 135 



Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral not reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ 

 times as long as deep. Scales 28 j£, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, silvery beneath ; a dark 

 lateral band, more distinct on the caudal part of the body, sometimes 

 extending forwards, interrupted, to upper extremity of gill-cover ; 

 dorsal and caudal fins greyish or blackish. 



Total length 67 millim. 



Lake Albert. — Types in Hamburg Museum. 



126. BARB US PERCIVALI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi. 1903, p. 52, pi. v. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. 



Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 178 ; Lonnb. Kilim.-Meru Exped., Fish. p. 4 



(1907). 

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

 Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3| to 4 times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 2| to 2f times in length of head; mouth small, 

 subinferior; lips moderate, interrupted on the chin; barbels two on 

 each side, anterior as loug as eye or a little longer, posterior 1^ to 1£ 

 diameters of eye. Dorsal III 6-7, nearer occiput than base of caudal, 

 border scarcely emarginate ; last simple ray bony, strongly serrated, 



Fig. 112. 



Barbus percivah. 

 Type (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1903). 



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

 | length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to If times as long as deep. Scales 

 2S _30 4 i"#, 3-3^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle! ' Silvery, brownish on the back; two or three black spots on 

 each side, first or first two above lateral Hue, last at base oi caudal; 



