BARBUS. 



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equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; 

 last simple ray very strong, long, not serrated, § to once length of head. 

 Anal II 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral about -f length of head, not 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal 



Fig. 2. 



Barbus tropidolepis. 

 Type (A. M. p.). \. 



peduncle l^to If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 44-46 gi, 5 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle; 

 in most specimens, scales, at least those below lateral line on caudal 

 portion of body, bearing a median swelling or obtuse keel, these keels 

 forming together very regular longitudinal lines. Olive above, silvery 

 white beneath. 



Total length 550 millim. Grows to 1 metre. 



Lake Tanganyika. 



1-3. Types. [Jsambura. 



i. Ad. Niamkolo. 



5. Yg. Mbete. 



6. Yg. Uvira. 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 

 Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C.). 



2. BAPBUS POLYLEPIS. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 308, fig. 



Depth of body 4-g- times in total length, length of head 3^ times. 

 Snout rounded-subacuminate, 3 times in length of head, feebly pro- 

 jecting beyond mouth ; eye 4-y times in length of head, interorbital 

 width 3-y- times ; mouth small, inferior, its width 4 times in length of 

 head ; lips well developed, lower continuous across chin ; two barbels 



