152 



CYPRINIDJi. 



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

 Pectoral § length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 



Fig. 128. 



Barbus banguelensis. 

 Type. 



Scales 28 If, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, posterior border of scales 

 blackish ; a black streak along the side of head, passing through the 

 eye; fins greyish. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Lake Bangwelu. 

 1. Type. L. Bangwelu. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



140. BARBUS INERMIS. 



Barbvs {Dangild) inermis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 683. 

 Barbus inermis, Gunth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (1868) ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. 

 p. 54, pi. xi. fig. 3 (1868) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 310. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3t? to 4 times in total 

 length. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 

 3^ to 3f times in length of head ; interorbital width 2§ to 3 times in 

 length of head ; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels 

 on each side, posterior longer than anterior and J to § diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal IV 8-9, equally distant from eye or snout and from caudal, border 

 concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as 

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

 head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1§ to 2 times as long as deep. Scales with numerous 



