EAEBUS. 



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

 root of caudal. Pectoral as long as head, nearly reaching ventral ; 

 latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long 

 as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30 gf, 3 between lateral line 



Kg. 11. 



Barbus Tcassamensis. 



Type. 



i 



2* 



and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, scales 

 edged with darker, yellowish beneath ; fins greenish yellow. 



Total length 225 millim. 



Kassam River (Hawash System), Southern Ethiopia. 



1. Type. Kassam R. at Awhorra Mullka, Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Shoa, 4000 ft. 



11. BARBUS DDCHESNII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 433 ; Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1905, 

 p. 291 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 208, pi. xxxv. fig. 1 (1907). 



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

 4qr times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3 \ times in length of head; eye 4 

 to 5-j times in length of head, interorbital width 2f to 3 times ; mouth 

 inferior, its width about 4 times in length of head ; lips moderate, 

 lower continuous across chin ; two barbels on each side, subequal or 

 posterior a little the longer, If to 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 9 

 (rarely 8), a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border strongly 

 concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight or 

 very slightly curved, § to f length of head in adult, as long as head in 



