160 



CTPRINID^:. 



155. BAEBUS INNOCENS. 



Pfeff. Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 66 (1896) ; Hilgend. & Pappenh. Sitzb. Ges. 

 naturf. Fr. Berl. 1903, p. 270. 



Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 4 to 4j times 

 in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3J 

 times in length of head ; interorbital width 2f to 3 times in length of 



Fig. 137. 



Barbus innocens. 

 L. Nyassa. 



head ; mouth small, inferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on 

 each side, anterior a little shorter than posterior, which measures 1 to 

 1£ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior border 

 of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not 

 enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

 caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long 

 as deep. Scales radiately striated, 29-33 ^, 1\ between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, with a more or less distinct 

 darker lateral streak, which often ends in a round blackish spot at the 

 base of the caudal fin. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Wami and Mkata Rivers, German East Africa ; Lake Nyassa ; Lake 

 Eukwa. — Types, in Hamburg Museum, examined. 



1-3. Ad. Between Kondowe and Karonga, L. Nyassa. Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 4-11. Ad. Mkata R., German E. Africa. Dr. E. J. Baxter (P.). 



156. BARBUS HUMILIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 436, and Fish. Nile, p. 250, pi. xlvii. 

 fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body o^ to 3Jf times in total length, length of head 3| to 



