BARBTTS. 145 



ray very strong, bony, serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral § length of head, not reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter anterior to dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Scales radiately striated, 25 in a longitudinal series, 7 between dorsal 

 and ventral, 8 round caudal peduncle ; no lateral line. Silvery, brownish 

 on the back, scales edged with dark brown ; dorsal blackish, with a 

 whitish cross-band ; anal and ventrals blackish, with a large white spot 

 at the base ; caudal broadly edged with blackish. 



Total length 47 millim. 



Lake Victoria. 

 1. Type, Kisuinu Bay, Kavirondo. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 



137. BARBUS AMPHIGRAMMA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi. 1903, p. 53, pi. v. fig. 4. 



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

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

 interorbital width 2-§- times in length of head ; mouth small, subinferior ; 

 lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior about 

 ■^ diameter of eye, posterior § . Dorsal III 7, a little nearer occiput 

 than base of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not 

 serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral nearly f length of head, not reaching ventral ; first ray of latter 

 a little in advance of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as 

 deep. Scales radiately striated, 35-36 g|, 4 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, pale olive on the back; 

 a blackish line on the side, independently of the lateral line, which is 



Fig. 121. 



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v ~ ^ -> ^ 



Barbus amphigranima. 

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



also blackish, the two meeting on the caudal peduncle ; a small black 

 spot at the base of the caudal and another at the base of the anal. 



Total length 40 millim. 



Kilimanjaro, East Africa. 

 1-3. Types. Nairobi R., 6500 ft. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (C). 



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