TJie Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



395 



width 3ij to 4 times in length of head ; lower jaw with angular 

 edge ; lips thin, lower restricted to the sides ; two barbels on each 

 side, sub-equal, about ^ diameter of eye. 



Dorsal iii 8-9 ; equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, 

 border notched ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 

 f to f length of head. Anal ii 5 ; nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, the base of which is 



FIG. 54. narbus rhodesiinnts. 



below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle l- to H times as long as 

 deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 j|, 2^-3 between lateral 



line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



Dark olive-brown above, silvery below ; fins dark. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Mashonaland, N.E. Khodesia (Zambesi System)." 



25. BARBUS VICTORIAE, Blgr. 



Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (8), ii., 1908, p. 492, and Cat. Fresh. 

 Pish. Air., ii., p. 96, fig. 75 (1911). 



" Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Snout rounded, length of head ; eye 5 times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 2^- times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 times in 

 length of head ; lower jaw with a nearly straight sharp edge, covered 

 with a thin horny sheath ; lips rather thick, papillose, lower re- 

 stricted to the sides ; two barbels on each side, anterior , posterior ^ 

 diameter of eye. 



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

 border concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 1^ 

 times length of head. Anal iii 5 ; nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 as long as head, not reaching ventral, the base of which is below 



