The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



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deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 40 \, 3 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), greyish brown above, light yellow 

 below. 



One specimen, 345 mm. in length, from Kimberley Reservoir, 

 Cape Province. 



7. BARBUS ELEPHANTIS, Blgr. 

 Bouleng., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1907, p. 310, fig., and Cat. Fresh. Fish. 



Afr., ii., p. 78, fig. 55 (1911). 



Depth of body 3y ! ^ to 3^ times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3| to 41 times. Snout rounded, 3 to 3 ^ times in 

 length of head ; eye 4? to 5 times in length of head, interorbital 

 width 2/' - times ; mouth inferior, feebly curved, its width 3f\ times 



FIG. 39. Barbus clephantis. . 



in length of head ; lower jaw with a sharp edge, lower lip restricted 

 to the sides. Two barbels on each side, anterior -fa to i diameter 

 of eye, posterior 1 to 1^ times. 



Dorsal iv 8 ; equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, 

 border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its rigid 

 part f to f length of head. Anal iii 5; not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral f to -i length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1A times as long as 

 deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 36-38 1|, 3-3i between lateral 



line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), silvery, dark above, lighter 

 beneath. 



Two specimens, 193 mm. 213 mm. in length respectively, from 

 M'Fongozi, Zululand (W. E. Jones). 



It is also reported from the Transvaal. 



