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length of head. Anal iii 11 ; anterior rays slightly longer than those 

 of dorsal, -^ to T 9 o length of head. Pectoral f to 4 length of head, 

 reaching or scarcely reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked ; 

 caudal peduncle 2f to 2 : | times as long as deep. Scales with 

 radiating striae, 41-42 ][|, 2 between lateral line and ventral, 14 

 round caudal peduncle. 



FIG. 90. HariliiiH peringueyi. 



Colour (of preserved specimens) silvery, darker on the back ; 

 8-10 dark vertical bars on the body on each side and a dark patch 

 on base of caudal ; membranes between rays of dorsal black and last 

 ray tipped with black. 



One specimen, 81 mm. in length, from Nels Eiver, Nelspruit, 

 Transvaal (A. T. Cooke). 



Four specimens, ranging from 49-59 mm. in length, from White 

 Eiver, Transvaal (A. T. Cooke). 



2. BARILIUS NEAVII, Blgr. 

 Bouleng., Mem. Manchest. Lit. and Phil. Soc., li., 1907, No. 12, p. 3, 



and Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., vol. ii., p. 199, fig. 175 (1911). 

 Depth of body 4|- times in total length excluding caudal, length 

 of head 2j times. Head a little more than twice as long as broad ; 

 snout obtusely pointed, a little longer than eye, which is 3~ times 

 in length of head ; interorbital width 3 T 7 y times in length of head ; 

 mouth extending to vertical of middle of eye ; no barbels ; naked 

 space between preoperculuni and sub-orbitals as broad as 2nd 

 suborbital. Gill-rakers few, very short or rudimentary. 



Dorsal ii 9 ; originating midway between eye and root of caudal, 

 posterior half above anal ; anterior rays longest, ^ length of head. 

 Anal iii 13 ; with produced anterior lobe, longest ray a little longer 



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