BABBUS. 173 



169. BARBUS NEGLECTUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 532, and Fish. Nile, p. 251, pi. xlvii. 

 fig. 5 (1907). 



Depth of body 3 to 3f times in total length, length of head 4 to 

 4J times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2| to 3 times in 

 length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal or 

 subinferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 half diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye or a little shorter. 

 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 or a little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. 

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

 or a little behind origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1 to 1J times as 



Pig. 150. 



Barbus neglectas. 

 Type (F. N.). 



long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 26-30 -^r, 2-2-^ between lateral 

 line and ventral fin, 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellowish, with a broad 

 silvery lateral band, fins white and transparent ; some of the smaller 

 specimens with a dark dot at the base of the caudal fin and another at 

 the base of the anal. 



Total length 54 millim. 



Lower Nile to Blue Nile. 



1. Type. Ghet-el-Nassara, L. Menzaleh. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



2-3. Types. Damietta Nile near Barrage. „ 



4-23. Types. Near Luxor. „ 



24-25. Types, Between Luxor and Assuan. „ 



26-27. Ad. Wad Medine, Blue Nile. Capt. S. Flower (P.). 



28-31. Ad. Rosaires, Blue Nile. „ 



