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ADDENDA, VOL. II. 



66 b. BARBUS RHINOPHORUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. k Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1010, p. 552. 



Depth of body 4 to 4 J times in total length, length of head o-\- to 3| 

 times. Snout pointed, terminating in a rounded dermal pad projecting 

 strongly beyond the mouth, its length 2 -| times in length of head ; eye 4 

 to 4|- times in length of head, interorbital width 3§ to 4 times; mouth 

 inferior, its width 4 to 4^ times in length of head ; lips rather strongly 

 developed, not extending across chin ; a single barbel on each side, as 

 long as or slightly longer than eye ; sides of snout with scattered, very 

 small, granular nuptial tubercles. Dorsal III 9, equally distant from 



Fig. 148. 



Barbiis rhinopTiorus. 



Type, f 



nostrils or anterior border of eye and from caudal ; last simple ray very 

 strong, bony, not serrated, slightly longer than head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral ; 

 latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Scales finely striated longitudinally, 30-32 xl, 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, each scale blackish 

 at the base, whitish beneath ; fins red. 



Total length 150 millim. 

 Angola. 



1-2. Types. 



Lucalla R. at Lucalla. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (CV 



