BARBUS. 



85 



31-3; 



5k 



2-2 A between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal 



peduncle. Brownish above, whitish beneath, with a very indistinct dark 

 band above the lateral line. 



Total length 155 millim. 



Morocco. 



1-2. Types. Oum Erbiah. 



3. Type. R. Talmist. 



Mr. F. W. Riggenbach (C). 



71. BARBUS FRITSCHII. 

 Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (i) xiii. 1874, p. 231, pi. xiv. fig. A. 



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

 4£ times. Snout rounded, its length 3 (young) to 3^ times in length of 

 head ; diameter of eye 3 \ to 4 times in length of head, interorbital 

 width 2^ to 2J times ; mouth inferior, transverse, crescentic, with obtuse 



Fig. 63. 



Barbus fritschii. 

 Type, f 



lower edge, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head ; lips feebly 

 developed, widely interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior about \, posterior f to 1 diameter of eye. Dorsal I1I-IV 8-9, 

 equally distant from eye or occiput and from root of caudal, border 

 straight or slightly concave; last simple ray bony but rather feeble, 

 not serrated, the bony part \ to § length of head. Anal III 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 \\ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 



