BARB US. 



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not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, reaching 

 ventral or not so far; base of latter below anterior half of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1£ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 25-27 |J, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round 

 caudal peduncle. Brown above ; a rather indistinct dark lateral band 

 sometimes present ; a small round black spot at root of caudal. 



Fig. 115. 



Barbus kessleri. 

 Type of B. caudimaeula. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Angola. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



1-18. Types of B. Golungo Alto. 

 caudimaeula. 



19-22. Ad. Pungo Andongo. 



23-24. Ad. Benguella. 



Dr. Welwitsch (P.). 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 Dr. F. C. Wellman (P.). 



131. BARBUS HOLOTiENIA. 



Barbus kessleri, part,, Giinth. Cat. Fish, vii. p. 107 (1868). 



Barbus kessleri (non Steind.), Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, p. 277 ; 



Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 225 (1901). 

 Barbus holotatnia, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 218. 

 Barbus cam pi acanthus, var. cottesi, Pellegr. Bull. Mas. Paris, 1907, p. 320. 



Depth of body 2f to 3^ times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 4-j times. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than eye, which 

 is 3 (young) to 4 times in length of head ; interorbital width 2\ to 3 

 times in length of head ; mouth subinferior, its width 3 to 3^ times 

 in length of head ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior about as long as eye, posterior 1-j to If as long as eye. 

 Dorsal 111 8 (rarely 9), equally distant from anterior border or centre 

 of eye and from root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray 

 as long as or a little shorter than head, usually rather feebly ossified 



