Three new species of Varicorhinus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from Africa K. E. Banister Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD Introduction The genus Varicorhinus is contentious and a re-evaluation of it is in preparation. During the course of this work the existence of three new taxa became apparent and to avoid side issues and to make the larger work more coherent, they are described below. Varicorhinus jubae sp. nov. A recent sample of 13 fishes from the Juba river, near Sidam, Ethiopia consisted of 10 speci-mens of Barbus gananensis Vinciguerra and three specimens referable to Varicorhinus. No species of the latter genus have been recorded from the Juba system. TYPICAL SERIES. Holotype BMNH 1976.7.1:13; two paratypes BMNH 1976.7.1:14-15, respectively of 135, 101 and 77 mm SL. The fish were collected by Drs Yalden, Largen and Morris from Juba river, close to the Sidam-Bale bridge 0545 ' N, 3937 ' E, altitude 1200 m. The collectors describe the locality as 'permanently flowing river through Acacia woodland. The fish were caught in a shallow stretch where the water flows rapidly over shingle'. ETYMOLOGY. The specific name alludes to the Juba river and is treated as a feminine Latin noun. Fig. 1 The holotype of Varicorhinus jubae. Bull. Br. Mm. nat. Hist. (Zool.)47(5): 273-282 Issued 25 October 1984
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