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47. BARBUS BURGI, Blgr. 

 Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 147, fig. 124 (1911). 



Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 

 3-1 to 41 times in total length excluding caudal. Snout rounded, as 

 long as the eye, which is 3J to 3f times in length of head ; inter- 

 orbital width 3 to 3 times in length of head; mouth small, inferior; 

 lips moderate. Two barbels on each side, anterior about | length of 

 posterior, which is i to f diameter of eye. 



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

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



FIG. 76.B(irhnH Imrrji. 



almost as long as head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 f length of head, nearly reaching to ventral ; base of latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 24- to 2J times as long as 

 deep. Scales radiately striated, 31-33 ^, 3 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), dark brown above, lighter beneath ; 

 an indistinct dark lateral band on posterior half of body. 



Three specimens, ranging from 50-55 mm. in length, from Berg 

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



48. BARBUS GURNEYI, Giinth. 



Giinth., Cat. Fish., vii., p. 102 (1868), part. ; Bouleng., Ann. and 

 Mag. N.H. (7), ix., 1902, p. 288, and Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., 

 p. 150, fig. 127 (1911). 



" Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 

 3| to 3^ times in total length. Snout rounded, 3* to 3|- times in 

 length of head; eye 3 A- (young) to 5 times in length of head, inter- 



