152 



CYPRINID^E. 



serrated, a little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral § length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long' as deep. 



Fig. 128. 



C%V 



Kmpl 



Barbus banguelensis. 



Type. 



Scales 28 p, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, posterior border of scales 

 blackish ; a black streak along the side of head, passing through the 

 eye ; fins greyish. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Lake Bangwelu. 



1. Type. 



L. Bangwelu. 



F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



146. BARBUS INERMIS. 



Barbvs (Dangila) inermis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 683. 

 Barbus inermis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 103 (1868) ; Peters, Eeise Mossamb. iv. 

 p. 54, pi. xi. fig. 3 (1868) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1907, p. 310. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3^ to 4 times in total 

 length. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 

 2>\ to 3§ times in length of head ; interorbital width 2-§ to 3 times in 

 length of head ; mouth small, subinferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels 

 on each side, posterior longer than anterior and \ to § diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal IV 8-9, equally distant from eye or snout and from caudal, border 

 concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as 

 head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1§ to 2 times as long as deep. Scales with numerous 



