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serrated, its rigid part f to f length of head. Anal iii 5 ; not 

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

 ventral ; base of latter partly in advance of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle 1-| to If times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 

 24-26 ^|, 2-2| between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 



peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), light yellowish brown, darker 

 above than below ; an indistinct, straight, darkish lateral band 



FIG. 69. BarhuA eutceniu. 



sometimes extending from end of snout through eye to caudal ; a 

 darkish spot at base of dorsal fin. 



Pour specimens, ranging from 52-66 mm. in length, from White 

 River, Nelspoort, Transvaal (A. T. Cooke). 



One specimen, 52 mm. in length, from Olifants River, Pretoria 

 District (Pretoria Museum). 



It is also reported from Angola and Rhodesia. 



41. BARBUS CAPENSIS, A. Smith. 

 (Witte-visch, Whitefish, Baardman or Bartman). 



Barbus (Cheilobarbus) capensis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Fish., 

 pi. x., fig. 1 (1841). 



Barbus capensis, Giinth., Cat. Fish., vii., p. 98 (1868); Bouleng. 

 Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 123, fig. 100 (1911). 



Depth of body 3f to 4| times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3f to 3f times. Snout rounded, 2i to 2f times in 

 length of head, eye 5 to 7 times, interorbital width 3i to 3| times ; 

 mouth terminal or sub-inferior, its width 3| to 4| times in length of 



