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11. BARBUS BRUCII, Blgr. 



Barbus brucii, Bouleng., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1907, p. 309, pi. xviii., 

 fig. 1, and Cat. Fresh. Pish. Afr., ii., p. 80, fig. 58 (1911). 



Depth of body 3| to 4 times in total length excluding caudal, length 

 of head 3f to 4 T ^ times. Snout rounded-sub-acuminate, 2f to 3 

 times in length of head, strongly projecting beyond mouth; eye 4f 

 to 5f times in length of head, interorbital width 3 to 3^ times ; 

 mouth inferior, its width 3 times in length of head ; lips well deve- 

 loped, lower lip continuous and forming a short mental lobe, lower 

 jaw sharp-edged. Two barbels on each side, anterior f to -5 diameter 

 of eye, posterior -f- to as long as eye. 



Dorsal iv 9 ; equally distant from middle of eye and from root of 

 caudal, border concave ; last simple ray enlarged, bony, flexible, not 

 serrated, f to 4- length of head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. 



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

 below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 1^ times as long as 

 deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28-29 -&jp-, 2 to 2| between 



lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), darkish brown above, lighter 

 below ; scales with brown spots on their base. 



Three specimens, ranging from 120-180 mm. in length, from 

 White Eiver, Nelspoort, Transvaal (A. T. Cooke). 



One specimen, 95 mm. in length, from Pienaars Kiver, Transvaal 

 (C. J. Swierstra). 



One specimen, 167 mm. in length, from Dwaars Eiver, Transvaal. 



One specimen, 71 mm. in length, from spruit at Pietersburg, 

 Transvaal. 



