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Annals of the South African Museum. 



34. BARBUS BKOOKINGI, n. sp. 



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

 head 4 times. Snout blunt, 3* times in length of head ; eye 4i times 

 in length of head, interorbital width 3-j} times ; mouth small, sub- 

 inferior, its width 3f- times in length of head ; lips thick, lower cleft 

 in centre and jaw sharp-edged. Two barbels on each side, anterior 

 nearly ^ diameter of eye, posterior . A groove across snout in front 

 of nostrils. 



Dorsal iii 7 ; equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, 

 border straight ; last simple ray feebly enlarged, feebly serrated at 



FIG. 63. Barbus lirookingi. ^-- 



distal extremity, curved, nearly f length of head. Anal iii 5 ; not 

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

 ventral ; base of latter situated in advance of dorsal. Caudal ped- 

 uncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33 j|, 3| 

 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), light yellowish brown ; a dark line 

 from above origin of lateral line to base of caudal, ending in a small 

 dark spot ; a dark line on back behind dorsal fin. 



One specimen, 92 mm. in length, from East London, Cape Pro 

 vince (H. E. Brooking). 



35. BAEBUS HAMILTON!, n. sp. 



Depth of body 3J to 3| times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3| to 4 times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of 

 head, eye 3? to 4 times, interorbital width 3 to 3f times ; mouth sub- 

 inferior, its width 3 to 3f times in length of head ; lips moderately 



