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lower jaw with a sharp rounded edge ; lips thin, lower not extend- 

 ing across chin, sometimes with a small median lobe. Two barbels 

 on each side, equal or posterior the longer, as long as or a little 

 shorter than the eye. 



Dorsal iii 8 ; about equally distant from occiput and root of caudal, 

 border slightly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, 

 smooth, | to i length of head. Anal iii 5 ; scarcely reaching root 



FIG. 47. Barbits aurcii*. J. 



of caudal. Pectoral f to 4 length of head, not reaching ventral; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 If to If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 35-37 p, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal 

 peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), yellowish brown, darker above. 



Four specimens, ranging from 117-151 mm. in length, from 

 Natal (Durban Museum). 



18. BARBUS LOBOCHILUS, Blgr. 

 Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 92, fig. 71 (1911). 



" Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. 

 Snout pointed, 3 times in length of head, eye 4J times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 times 

 in length of head ; both lips much developed, each produced into 

 a long pointed median lobe ; two barbels on each side ; anterior 

 f length of eye, posterior as long as eye. 



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

 border concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, smooth, length of 

 head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. Pectoral g length of head. 



