The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



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not reaching caudal. Pectoral f to -^ length of head, reaching or 

 nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter entirely in advance of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle If to 2| times as long as deep. Scales radiately 



striated, 33-36 1=^, 3-4 between lateral line and ventral, 16-18 

 OBOS 



round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), yellowish brown, darker on the 

 back than beneath, or silvery with a dark back; in many specimens 

 there is a more or less distinct dark lateral streak from above origin 

 of lateral line to base of caudal and the upper half of head and 

 opercles is dark. 



Five specimens, ranging from 48-76 mm. in length, from Potchef- 

 stroom, Transvaal. 



FIG. 62. Rarlniit paludinosus. 



Four specimens, ranging from 48-71 mm. in length, from Little 

 Olifants Eiver, Middelburg, Transvaal. 



Five specimens, ranging from 54-64 mm. in length, from Molopo 

 River, Transvaal. 



Two specimens, 57 mm., 63 mm. in length respectively, from 

 Pretoria Zoological Gardens, Transvaal. 



Three specimens, ranging in length from 54-60 mm., from 

 spruit at Pietersburg, Transvaal. 



Numerous specimens from the Sabi, and Ngwanetzi Rivers ; also 

 from the Mamzernntonto River, Transvaal (J. S. Hamilton). 



Four specimens, ranging from 41-49 mm. in length, from Insiza, 

 Rhodesia (G. French). 



It is also reported from East Africa to Angola, Orange River, 

 Natal ; and, teste Schultze, has been found at Lobatsi, Bechu- 

 aualand. 



