The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



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beyond mouth, 2f to 3^ times in length of head; eye supero-lateral, 

 4^ to 5 times in length of head, interorbital width 3^ to 4 times ; 

 lips moderate, lower interrupted on chin. Two barbels on each side, 

 posterior the longer, | to as long as eye. 



Dorsal iv 9 ; equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, 

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

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

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

 below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times to nearly twice 

 as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 41-44 ?|, 4-5 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 16-18 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), silvery grey, darker above than 

 below. 



Three specimens, ranging from 95-102 mm. in length, from 

 Olifants Eiver, Cape Province (Dr. Seeber). 



29. BARBUS FAIRBAIKNII, Blgr. 



Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (8), ii., 1908, p. 493, and Cat. Fresh. 

 Fish. Afr., ii., p. 97, fig. 76 (1911). 



FIG. 58. Barbus ftiirbairnii. ^. 



Depth of body 3 T 7 ^ times in total length excluding caudal, length 

 of head nearly 4| times. Snout obtusely pointed, covered with 

 horny tubercles on top and sides, 2i times in length of head ; eye 

 6J times in length of head, interorbital width 2-^ times ; mouth 



