404 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Dorsal iv 8 ; equally distant from gill-opening and from root of 

 caudal, border slightly concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, 

 strongly serrated, serrated portion f to f length of head. Anal iii 5 ; 

 not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to | length of head, nearly 

 reaching ventral ; root of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 2 to 2^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 42-43 7 -^, 4-5 between lateral line and ventral, 20 round 



caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), darkish brown above, lighter 

 beneath, or silvery with a dark shade above ; some specimens have 

 irregular dark patches or blotches on the body. Dr. Seeber, who 

 supplied the specimens from Olifants Eiver, states that when alive 

 they were of a golden colour with a black stripe on sides ; both 

 sexes being of the same colour, but the male easily distinguished 

 by its larger head. They are said to grow to a length of 2-J feet. 



Four specimens, ranging from 94 to 162 mm. in length, from 

 Olifants Eiver, Transvaal (Dr. Seeber). 



Three specimens, ranging from 50-85 mm. in length, from 

 Olifants Eiver, Clanwilliam, Cape Province (C. J. Leipoldt). 



33. BAEBUS PALUDINOSUS, Peters. 



Barbus paludinosus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1852, p. 683, and 

 Eeise Mossamb., iv., p. 51, pi. xi., fig. 1 (1868) ; Gunth., Cat. 

 Fish., viii., p. 102 (1868) ; Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., 

 p. 115, fig. 92 (1911) ; M. Weber, Zool. Jahr. Syst., x., 1897, p. 151. 



Barbus welwitschii, Gunth., t.c., p. 101. 



Barbus vincigucrrai, Pfeiff., Thierw. 0-Afr. Fische, p. 62 (1896). 



Barbus macropristis , Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (7), xiii., 1904, 

 p. 449, and Fish. Nile, p. 241, pi. xlvi , fig. 2 (1907). 



Barbus macropristis meruensis, Lonnb., Kilim.-Meru Exped. Fish., 

 p. 3 (1907). 



Depth of body 3i to 4^ times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3 to 4 times. Snout rounded, about as long as the 

 eye, which is 3| to 4J times in length of head ; interorbital width 

 2|- to 3J times in length of head ; mouth terminal or sub-inferior, its 

 width 3 to 4 times in length of head ; lips feebly developed. Two 

 barbels on each side, anterior ^ to f diameter of eye, posterior f to 

 li times. 



Dorsal iii 7 ; equally distant from eye or occiput and from root 

 of caudal, border straight or slightly concave ; last simple ray very 

 strong, bony, strongly serrated, f to T %- length of head. Anal iii 5 ; 



