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each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and slightly longer 

 than eye. 



Dorsal iii 8 ; a little nearer root of caudal than occiput, border 

 slightly concave ; last simple ray feebly enlarged, segmented down 

 to its lower third, smooth, about f length of head. Anal ii 5 ; not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral length of head, not reaching ventral ; 

 latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice 

 as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 42 ^|> 4 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. 



Olive-brown above, with small black spots, whitish beneath. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Kraai Eiver, Barkly East, Cape Colony." 



15. BARBUS BOWKERI, Blgr. 



Barbus gurneyi, Glinth., Cat. Fish., vii., p. 102 (1868). 

 Barbus bowkeri, Blgr., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (7), ix., 1902, p. 288, and 

 Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 89, fig. 67 (1911). 



" Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 4^ times in total 

 length. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, about ^ 



FIG. 46. Barbus boirkeri. 



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

 width 2f to 3 times ; width of mouth 3^ to 4 times in length of 

 head ; lips thick, lower extending across the chin, where it may form 

 a small rounded lobe ; two barbels on each side, posterior a little 

 longer than anterior and as long as or slightly longer than eye. 

 Dorsal iii 8-9 ; equally distant from occiput and from root of 



