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CYPEINIDJE. 



length of head, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 

 4 times in length of head ; lips moderate, lower continuous across chin ; 

 two barbels on each side, anterior 1^ to 1|- diameters of eye, posterior 

 If to If. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, 

 or slightly nearer former, border strongly concave ; last simple ray very 

 strong, bony, not serrated, feebly curved, § length of head. Anal III 5, 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching 



Fie\ 35. 



Barhns alticdla. 



Type. 



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

 li to 1-| times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 28-29 jf, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 10-12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery grey above, the scales darker at the base, white 

 beneath. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Alaba River, flowing into Lake Gandjule (Margherita). 



1-2. Types. Alabu R., 6000 ft. Mr. P. 0. Zaphiro (0.) ; 



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



37. BARBUS HINDU 



Parbus tanensis, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. >Soc. 1894) p. 90. 



Barbus hindii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 222, pi. xvi. fig. 1 ; Pellegr. 



Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii. 1905, p. 177; Lonnb. Kilim.-Meru Exped., 



Fish. p. 5 (1907). 



Depth of body 2f to 3i times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 4% times. Snout rounded, 3 to oh times in length of head; eye 4 



