BARBUS. 



71 



the scales dark-edged, lower parts pure white ; fins greyish, or pectorals, 

 ventrals, and anal reddish. 



Total length 245 millim. 



Omo River, Southern Ethiopia. 



1-2. Types. Omo R. at Kullo, 2000 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C ); 



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

 3. Tvpe. Gibe P., Upper Omo, 2800 ft. 



54. BARBUS PERPLEX1CANS. 



Barbus (Capoeta) perplexicans, Bouleug. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, ii. p. 223, pi. xvi. 



fig- i. 



Depth of body 3 to S| times in total length, length of head of to 4 



times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3| times in length of head ; eye 2^ to 4 times 



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



Fig. 49. 



Burlrns perplexicang. 



Type. 



2 



3 to 3| times in length of head ; lips feebly developed, lower confined 

 to the sides; lower jaw with a more or less angular horny sheath ; two 

 barbels on each side, subequal, as long as or a little shorter than eye. 

 Dorsal IV 0-10, equally distant from eye or occiput and from caudal, 

 border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, nearly 

 straight, as long as or a little longer than head. Anal III 5, nearly 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, narrowly separated 

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

 peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 25-30 p, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 

 Olive-brown above, silvery white beneath ; fins whitish. 



