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CTPK1NID.E. 



shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 1J times as long as deep. Scales 



Fig. 18. 



Barhus gananensis. 



Type, after Yinciguerra (J. c). 



5— 



longitudinally striated, 30 ^?, 2 J between lateral line and ventral, 12 

 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. 



Total length 1]7 millim. 



Ganana and Auata Rivers, Somaliland. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



18. BARBUS OREAS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 432. 



Depth of body equal to or slightly greater than length of head, 3§ to 

 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to 3^ times in length of 

 head; eye 3f (young) to 5-g times in length of head, interorbital width 

 2f to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 4-g times in length of 

 head ; lips much developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming 

 a rounded median lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as 

 eye or slightly longer, posterior 1£ to 1^ diameters of eye (not longer 

 than eye in very young). Dorsal IV 8 (rarely 9), equally distant from 

 eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, 

 bony, not serrated, \ to § length of head (as long as head in very 

 young). Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to \ length of 

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



