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CVPEINID.E. 



114. BARBUS MINCHINI. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 436, and Fish. Nile, p. 245, pi. xlv. 

 fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body 3^ times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Snout rounded, 4 times in length of head ; eye 3| times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 2\ times ; mouth terminal, its width ^ length 

 of head; lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior- 

 ly diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal III 7, equally 



Fig. ]03. 



Barhiis minchini. 

 Type (F. N.). J. 



distant from eye and from root of caudal, border nearly straight; last 

 simple ray strong, bony, serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal 

 III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral ^ length of head, not quite 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 25-20 (-1, 2.£ 

 between lateral line and ventral, 12-14 round caudal peduncle. Olive 

 above, silvery white beneath, the scales blackish at the base ; a bright 

 yellow or scarlet spot on the gill-cover ; pectoral and ventral fins yellow ; 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal fins scarlet, yellow at the base. 



Total length 88 millim. 



Lake Victoria. 

 1-2. Types. Entebbe. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



115. BARBTJS ANSORGIT. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 16. 



Depth of body 3^ to 3f times in total length, length of head 4 to 4 J 

 times. Snout rounded, slightly shorter than eye, which is 3i times in 

 length of head; interorbital width 3 times in length of head; mouth 



