BARBUS. 41 



nearly straight, f to £ length of head. Anal III 5, sometimes reaching 

 root of caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| to 

 ]f times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-80 jt, 2-| 



Fig. 21. 



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Barbus gudaricus. 

 Type (P. W.> J. 



between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive 

 above, silvery white beneath. 



Total length 265 millim. 



Gudar River (Blue Nile), Wondinak River (Omo), Southern Ethiopia. 



1-2. Types. Gudar R,, 3400 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 



W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 

 3. Type. Metti R., affluent of Gudar R., „ 



3500 ft. 

 i. A<1. Wondinak II., 3000 ft, „ 



21. BARBl'8 MENTO. 

 BoulerJg. Auh. & Mag; K. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 434. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, of times ill total length. 

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 6 limes in length of 

 head, interofbital width 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times in 

 length of head ; lips Very strongly developed, lower produced into a 

 subtriangular median lobe which is as long as eye; anterior barbel 1|* 

 posterior If diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 8, its distance from occiput 

 a little less than its distance from caudal, border concave ; last simple 

 ray very strong, bony, not serrated, slightly curved, ^ length of head. 

 Anal III 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not 



