364 Anualx of Hie SoutJt African 



Dorsal iii 9 ; equidistant from nostrils and from root of caudal, 

 upper border slightly concave ; longest branched ray i length of head. 

 Anal iii 5; not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly f length of head, 

 not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 4th branched ray of dorsal. 

 Caudal deeply forked ; caudal peduncle 1 times as long as deep. 

 Scales radiately striated 60 ^f, 1\ between lateral line and root of 



ventral, 28 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), silvery, dark above, lighter below 

 the lateral line. 



One specimen, 190mm. in length, from Potchefstroom, Transvaal 

 (Mr. Stenning). 



2. VABICORHINUS. 



Kiipp., Mus. Senckenb., ii., p. 21 (1837) ; Bouleng., Fish. Nile, p. 190 



(1907). 



" Body strongly compressed, covered with small, moderate, or 

 large scales. Lateral line nearer the belly than the back, but 

 running along the middle of the caudal peduncle. Mouth large, 

 inferior, transverse, feebly protractile, without lips, the upper jaw 

 partly covered by a rostral fold, the lower completely exposed and 

 showing a sharp cutting-edge covered with a horny sheath ; barbels 

 absent or present. Sub-orbitals not covering the cheek. Dorsal fin 

 with or without ossified ray, with 11-14 rays, 8-11 of which are 

 branched. Anal fin short, with 7 or 8 rays. Pharyngeal teeth 

 in three series . . . with spoon- shaped crowns, which may be close 

 together as in Labco or more wide apart as in Barbus. 



South-Western and Central Asia, and Africa." 



KCJI to Spcc/c.y. 



A. With two barbels on each side. 



D. iv ; Sc. SOf ; last simple ray ossified 1. I" ln-ncii. 



B. Barbels absent. 



D. iii 8-9 ; Sc. 34-35 ^n ; no ossified ray '2. V. )u'l*i>niitcusis. 



1. VAKICOKHINUS BRUCII, Blgr. 



Bouleng., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1907, p. 310, pi. xix., and Cat. Fresh. 



Fish. Africa, L, p. 354 (1909). 



Depth of body 3| to 3-f times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 4^ to 4 times. Snout rounded, prominent, broader 

 than long, about ^ length of head ; eye lateral, 4 to 5A times in length 

 of head, 21 to 2f- times in interorbital width (1^- to If times in young) ; 



