84 



CYPETNIDjE. 



upper border slightly concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not 

 serrated, as long as head or a little shorter. Anal 11 6, reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated, 31-35 p, 2-2| between lateral line and 

 ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back brownish. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Morocco. 



1-2. Type. 

 ;?-7. Ad. & hgr. 

 8-9. Ad. & hgr. 



Oum Erbiab. 



Mazagan. 



Dr. E. Hartert (P.). 



Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (C). 



70. BARBUS RIGGENBACHI. 

 Giinth. Nov. Zool. ix. 1902, p. 447, pi. xxiii. 



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

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

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



Fig. 62. 



Barbus riggenbacld. 

 Type, after Giinther (I. c). -£. 



inferior, its width 3 times in length of head ; lips moderate, interrupted 

 on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior f to f , posterior 1 to 1£ 

 diameters of eye ; inside of mouth with a dermal pad on each side 

 of the upper jaw. Dorsal III-IV 8-9, equally distant from occiput 

 and from root of caudal, border straight or slightly concave ; last 

 simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, f to f length of head. Anal II 6, 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, not 

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

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



