BAEBUS. 169 



than eye, posterior as long as eye or a little longer. Dorsal III 8 

 (rarely 7), equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, border 

 scarcely 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 anterior rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 1| times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 24-26 ^, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 



tffe. 146. 



Barbus werneri. 

 Type (F. N.). 



round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with the sides silvery and bearing 

 three to eight black dots or round spots, the second or third below the 

 dorsal, the last on the caudal peduncle near the caudal fin ; fins 

 whitish. 



Total length 40 millim. 



Lower Nile to Bahr-el-Gebel, Lakes Rudolf and Abaia, Rovuma 

 River. 



1. Ad. Alexandria. C. H. Schoeller, Esq. (P.). 



2-4. Ad. & yg. Birket Karun, Fayum. Dr. Cunnington and 0. L. 



Boulenger, Esq. (C). 



5-6. Hgr. Wady Haifa. Dr. F. Werner (P.). 



7. Type. Kaka, White Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



8. Type. Fashoda, „ „ 

 9-13. Type. Lake No, „ 



14. Type. Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. „ 



15-18. Hgr. Pond near Gondokoro. Dr. F. Werner (P.). 



19. Ad. L. Rudolf. Dr. Donaldson Smith (P.). 



20-22. Ad. Rovuma R, Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



165. BARBUS ARCISLONG^. 



Barbus trispiloplevra, var. arcislonc/ce, Keilhack, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908, 

 p. 167. 



Described as agreeing in form and coloration with B. trispilopleura, 

 but differing in the more elongate body (its depth 3f to 4^ times in 

 total length), the shorter and broader head, longer anterior barbel, 



