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Annals of the South African Museum. 



than longest dorsal ray, f length of head. Pectoral i length of 

 head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked, lower lobe longer than 

 upper ; caudal peduncle 2 times as long as deep. Scales with 

 radiating striae, 42 7 ~., 3 between lateral line and root of ventral, 

 14 round caudal peduncle. The specimen has 3 or 4 irregular rows 

 of pores, or scars of tubercles, on each side of lower jaw. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), silvery, brownish on back ; about 



FIG. 91. Barilius neavii. 



8 irregular pairs of bluish vertical bars on body on each side ; dorsal 

 tipped with orange, the membrane between the rays black ; mem- 

 brane between rays of anterior f of anal fin black ; caudal with a 

 shade of black on rays and a white bar on distal portion of lobes, 

 which are tipped with black. 



One specimen, 67 mm. in length, from Livingstone, Ehodesia 

 (A. Stephenson). 



3. BARILIUS STEPHENSONI, n. sp. 



Depth of body 4^ to 4i times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 3f times. Width of head -- to | its length ; snout, 

 interorbital width and eye, of equal length, 3f to 3f times in length 

 of head ; mouth extending to vertical of anterior third of eye ; no 

 barbels ; naked space between preoperculum and suborbitals as 

 broad as 2nd suborbital. Gill-rakers few and very small. Lower 

 jaw with a row of open pores, or scars of tubercles, on each side. 



Dorsal ii 9 ; originating midway between middle of eye and root of 

 caudal, posterior third above anal ; anterior rays longest, a little 

 more than ^ length of head. Anal iii 13 ; anterior rays a little longer 



