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inferior, its width 2f times in length of head ; lips moderate, lower 

 restricted to the sides. Two barbels on each side, sub-equal, posterior 

 | diameter of eye. 



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

 border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, smooth, nearly 

 as long as head. Anal iii 5 ; reaching caudal. Pectoral -$ length of 

 head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally 

 striated, 33 , 2-| between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal 

 peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), brown, darker above than below ; 

 scales dark at the base. 



One specimen, 445 mm. in length, from Zambezi Eiver (A. 

 Stephenson). 



: 30. BARBUS CODEINGTONII, Blgr. 



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

 Fish. Afr., ii., p. 98, fig. 77 (1911). 



FIG. 59. Barbus coilringtonii. ^. 



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

 Snout rounded, 1 length of head ; eye 6 times in length of head, 

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



