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length of head, eye 4 to 5f times, interorbital width 2f to 3f times ; 

 mouth inferior, lips moderate. Two barbels on each side, anterior % to 

 1 diameter of eye, posterior f to If. A row of small pores from 

 nostrils round each orbit to origin of lateral line on each side, con- 

 nected by a row across occiput. In one specimen there are pearl- 

 like tubercles on the head. 



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

 caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, 

 | to T 9 5 length of head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 f to A length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2-^ times as long as 

 deep. Scales radiately striated, 33-38 ^p, 4 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



FIG. 75. Barbits burcl/cUi. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), brown, dark above and lighter 

 beneath ; occasionally some of the scales are darker in the 

 centre. 



Seven specimens, ranging from 72-104 mm. in length, from 

 Eerste River, Stellenbosch, Cape Province (L. Pe'ringuey). 



Two specimens, 89 mm., 97 ram. in length respectively, from 

 Eerste River, Stellenbosch, Cape Province (Dr. Kruger). 



Six specimens, ranging from 56-81 mm. in length, from Berg 

 River, near Paarl, Cape Province (Mr. Brown). 



Two specimens, 72 mm., 75 mm. in length respectively, from 

 Robertson, Cape Province (L. Keet). 



Three specimens, ranging from 53-80 mm. in length, locality 

 unknown. 



