BAKBUS. 



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

 head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter immediately in front of origin 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1|- to If times as long as deep. Scales 



,fii-7 



longitudinally striated, 37-40 ^ = , 3-3| between lateral line and ventral, 



Barbus rhoadesii. 

 Type. |. 



16-18 round caudal peduncle. Olive to dark green above, white 

 beneath. 



Total length 3'25 millim. 



Lake Nyassa. 

 1-G. Types. 



L. Nyassn. 



dipt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



57. BARBUS PLATYSTOMUS. 



Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 430, and Fish. Nile, p. 234, pi. xl. 

 fig. 2 (1907). 



Depth of body 3-| to of times in total length, length of bead 4 to 4^ 

 times. Snout very broad, rounded, not quite \ length of head ; eye 5 

 to 6 times in length of head, interorbital width 2f to 8 times; mouth 

 large, teiminal, its width 3 times in length of head; lips moderately 

 developed, lower interrupted on chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 as long as eye, posterior 1J to If diameters of eye. Dorsal IV 8-9, 

 nearer occiput than caudal, border concave ; last simple ray very strong, 

 bony, not serrated, feebly curved, f to f length of head. Anal III 5, 

 leaching or nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, 

 not reaching ventral ; base of latter a little posterior to origin of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 



