1 30 CYPRINIDJE. 



120. BARBUS KERSTENH. 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1868, p. 601, and Decken's Reise O.-Afr. iii. p. 146 (1869); 



Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 55 (1896); Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. 



xxii. 1905, p. 414. 

 Barhus nigrolinea, Pfeff. Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. vi. 2, 1889, p. 19, and s. 2, 



1893, p. 36, pi. i. fig. 3. 



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

 3§ times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which 

 is 3 to 3| times in length of head ; interorbital width 2f to 1\ times in 

 length of head ; mouth terminal, its width 4 times in length of head ; 

 lips thin ; two barbels on each side, anterior a little shorter than eye, 

 posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 7, equally distant 

 from centre or posterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border 

 straight ; last simple ray very strong, bony, strongly serrated, its bony 



Fig. 107. 



Barhus Icerstenii. 

 Kilimanjaro. 



part nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 f to | length of head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 nearly entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times 

 as long as deep. Scales 25-26 p, 2-2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, scales 

 sometimes dark-edged ; a rather indistinct dark lateral streak. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Kilimanjaro and Masai Districts, German East Africa. — Type in 

 Berlin Museum. 



1-2. Hgr. Kaka, Kilimanjaro. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



3-4. Hgr. Umbugwe, Masai District. „ 



