The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



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terminal, its width 3J times in length of head ; lips thin. Two 

 barbels on each side, anterior f diameter of eye, posterior a little 

 longer than eye. 



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

 straight, last simple ray strong, bony, strongly serrated, its rigid 

 part nearly as long as head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral length of head, reaching ventral ; base of latter almost 

 entirely in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as 



FIG. 68. liarlntx kerstenii. 



deep. Scales radiately striated, 26 % 2 between lateral line and 



ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), reddish brown on back, silvery on 

 belly ; a faint lateral streak on body, extending on to head ; a faint 

 dark spot at base of dorsal. 



One specimen, 45 mm. in length, from Kornati Poort, Transvaal. 



It is also reported from Kilimanjaro and Masai Districts, German 

 East Africa. 



40. BAKBUS EUT^NIA, Blgr. 



Bar bus kessleri, Giinth., Cat. Fish., vii., p. 107 (1868). 



Barbus euttenia, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (7), xiv., 1904, 

 p. 218, and Cat. Fresh. Fish. Air., ii., p. 131, fig. 108 (1911). 



Barbies miolepis, Bouleng., Mem. Manchest. Lit. and Phil. Soc., li., 

 1907, No. 12, p. 2. 



Depth of body 3 to 3 T V times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3*- to 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as or 

 slightly longer than the eye, which is 3J to 41 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 2^ to 3J times ; mouth terminal, its width 

 2* to 3f times in length of head ; lips feebly developed. Two 

 barbels on each side, sub-equal or posterior a little longer than 

 anterior and 1 to 1} times diameter of eye. 



Dorsal iii 7 ; situated midway between eye or occiput and root of 

 caudal, border straight ; last simple ray strong, bony, strongly 



