BARBUS. 47 



of head, interorbital width 3j times; mouth inferior, its width 4 times 

 in length of head; lips strongly developed, lower forming a rounded 



Fie:. 27. 



Barbus Iiursensis. 

 Type. A 



median lobe ; anterior barbel 1^, posterior 2 diameters of eye. Dorsal 

 III 8-9, a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave ; 

 last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, curved, f or ^ length of head. 

 Anal II 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral f or f length of head, not 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter somewhat posterior to origin of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ or 1-^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally 

 striated, 32-84 -gij 3 between lateral line and ventral, .12-14 round 

 caudal peduncle. Olive above, golden on the sides ; fins yellowish green. 



Total length 210 millim. 



Hurso River (Hawash System), Southern Ethiopia. 

 1-2. Types. Hurso K., Upper Ada], 7000 ft. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



27. BARBUS AFFINIS. 

 Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 8, pi. i. fig. 3 (1837) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 (7) x. 1902, p. 425, and Fish. Nile, p. 216, pi. xxxix. fig. 1 (1907). 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3f to 

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

 (young) to 6f times in length of head, interorbital width 8^ to 4 times ; 

 mouth terminal or subinferior, its width 4 to 5 times in length of head ; 

 lips well developed, lower continuous across chin and sometimes forming 

 a short rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, subequal or anterior a 



