BARBUS. 



87 



Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, the base of 

 which is below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times 

 as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-35 J, 2-^—3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Steel-grey above, 

 silvery beneath ; a more or less distinct darker lateral band. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Morocco. 



1-2. Types. 

 3. Ad. 



Trigadir-el-hor. 

 Shishawa R. 



E. a. B. Meade-Waldo, Esq, (P.). 

 MivF. W. Riggenbach (C). 



73. BARBUS ATLANTICUS. 



Capoeta atluntica, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ix. 1902, p. 123. 

 Barbus atlanticus, Bouleng. op. cit. xvi. 1905, p. 44. 



Depth of body slightly greater than length of head, 4 times in total 

 length. Snout rounded, a little longer than eye, which is 4 times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 2^ times in length of head ; mouth 



Fig. 65. 



Barbus atlanticus. 

 Type. 



inferior, its width 3 times in length of head, lower jaw feebly curved, 

 sharp-edged, covered with a horny sheath ; lips feebly developed, widely 

 interrupted on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior f diameter 

 of the eye, posterior § or f . Small pearl-like excrescences on the 

 sides and top of the head. Dorsal III 9 ; third ray feeble, smooth, 

 stiff part ^ to f length of head. Anal II 6, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, which is 

 inserted under anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice 



