BAGEUS. 



82. Ad. Moger R. (Blue Nile), Slioa. 



83-85. Hgr. & yg. Ergino R. (Omo). 



311 



86. Hgr. 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 

 Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.) ; 

 W. N. MacMillan (P.). 



Sagan R. at Wondo (L. Abaia). 



4. BAGRUS DEGENL 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 438, Fish. Nile, p. 331, pi. lix. 

 (1907), and Ann. Mus. Genova, (3) iv. 1909, p. 307. 



Depth of body 4^ to 5-^ times in total length, length of head o^ to 

 3ij times. Head much depressed, If to 1-^ times as long as broad, 

 smooth above ; occipital process long and narrow, narrowly separated 

 from interneural bone ; snout broadly rounded, projecting beyond lower 



Fig. 247. 



Bayrus degeni. 

 Type(F.N.). \. 



jaw, If (young) to 2| times as long as eye, which is 5 (young) to 11 

 times in length of head and 1-^ to 2f times in interocular width ; width 

 of mouth 2 to 2\ times in length of head ; prsemaxillary band of teeth 

 6 or 7 times as long as broad, shorter than and as broad as or a little 

 narrower than the vomerine band. Nasal barbel | (adult) to ^ length 

 of head; maxillary barbel 1\ (adult) to 2| times length of head, 

 extending to end of pectoral fin or a little beyond in adult, to end of 

 ventral in young; outer mandibular barbels 1^ to If times length' 



