396 



Annals of the South African Museum. 



middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales longi- 



tudinally striated, 30-31 

 round caudal peduncle. 



2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 



FIG. 55. Barbus victoriae. 1 



Pinkish brown above, each scale blackish at the base ; pinkish 

 white beneath ; fins dark grey. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Upper Zambezi. Gorge below Victoria Falls, Zambezi Eiver 

 (A. Stephenson)." 



26. BAKBUS NASUTUS. 

 (" Morobe ".) 



Varicorhinus nasutus, Gilchr. and Thomp., Ann. and Mag. N.H., 

 viii., 1911, p. 477. 



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

 of head 4 T %- times. Width of head about f its length ; snout 

 pointed and prominent, 3 times diameter of eye and a little shorter 

 than postocular portion of head ; eye lateral, 7 times in length of 

 head and 3| times in interorbital width ; width of mouth 2 T 3 <, times 

 in length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower restricted to the 

 sides ; lower jaw with a sharp edge ; rostral flap pointed and over- 

 laps symphysis of upper jaw ; a double row of papillae behind pre- 



