BABBITS. 



107 



Dorsal III 7, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, border 

 slightly concave ; last simple ray of dorsal very strong, bony, not 

 serrated, nearly straight, a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as 

 long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 36-37 ft, 3^-4 between lateral 

 line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the 

 back ; three round black spots on each side, two above lateral line, first 



rig. 84. 



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Barbus jacksonii. 



Type. 



above pectoral, second below last ray of dorsal, third at base of caudal ; 

 fins whitish. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Head-waters of Rufu River (Pangani), German East Africa. 

 1. Type. Eufu E., Arusha, S. of Kilimanjaro. F. J. Jackson, Esq. (P.). 



94. BARBUS PAPPENHEIMI. 



Barbus jachsoni (non Giinth.), Hilgend. & Pappenh. Sitzb. Ges. natuvt. Fr. Berl. 



1903, p. 269. 

 Barbus pappenJieimi, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 44. 



Differs from B. jacksonii in the more elongate body (depth 4^ times 

 in total length) and the longer snout (a little longer than eye). Posterior 

 barbel 1J diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8, the spine a little shorter 



6- 



than head. Scales 37 p, 3| between lateral line and ventral. 

 Total length 80 millim. 

 Lake Rukwa, German East Africa. — Type in Berlin Museum. 



