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base of each lobe of caudal ; scales on upper part of body edged 

 with black. 



One specimen, 328 mm. in length, from Crocodile River, Transvaal 

 (A. T. Cooke). 



10. BARBUS M'FONGOSI, n. sp. 



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

 head 3^ times. Snout rounded, projecting considerably beyond 

 mouth, 2 times in length of head ; eye of times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 times in 

 length of head ; lips strongly developed, lower continuous across 

 chin and produced into a rounded mental lobe as long as the eye. 









Fm. 42. Barlnix m'foitgoxi. |. 



Two barbels on each side, anterior y^ diameter of eye, posterior 11 

 times. Profile from origin of dorsal to snout strongly curved. 



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

 concave ; last simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, 

 the rigid portion a little more than 4 length of head. Anal iii 5 ; not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral T 7 o of head, not reaching ventral ; the base 

 of latter falling just behind 1st ray of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ 

 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 38 ^|, 3^ between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), silvery, darker above than below ; 

 fins darkish. 



One specimen, 200 mm. in length, from M'Fongosi, Zululand 

 (\\. E. Jones). 



