Tlic Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 441 



Colour (of preserved specimens), reddish or dark bluish or greyish 

 brown above, uniform or marbled with dark brown, whitish below ; 

 usually a more or less distinct light vertical bar on base of caudal. 



One specimen, 455 mm. in length, from Sabi Kiver, Transvaal 

 (Major Stevenson Hamilton). 



Four specimens, ranging from 168-348 mm. in length, from Kuru- 

 man, Bechuanaland. 



Seven specimens, ranging from 243-365 mm. in length, from 

 Pienaars Kiver, Transvaal (C. J. Swierstra). 



One specimen, 311 mm. in length, from Thabina River, Transvaal 

 (C. J. Swierstra). 



One specimen, 300 mm. in length, locality unknown. 



One specimen, 256 mm. in length, from Mooi River, Potchefstroom, 

 Transvaal. 



One specimen, 235 mm. in length, from Transvaal River, Johan- 

 nesburg (H. Fry). 



One specimen, 180 mm. in length, from Potchefstroom, Transvaal 

 (Mr. Stenning). 



One specimen, 178 mm. in length, from Pretoria, Transvaal. 



One specimen, 174 mm. in length, from dam at Modderfontein, 

 Transvaal. 



Two specimens, 170 mm., 181 mm. in length respectively, from 

 Dwaars River, Transvaal. 



It is also reported from Natal, Orange River, Rhodesia, Mossam- 

 bique, Kataiiga, Angola. 



2. CLARIAS MOSSAMBICUS, Peters. 



Clarias mossambicus, part,, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1852, p. 682, 

 and Reise Mossamb., iv., p. 32, pi. vi., fig. 3 (1868) ; Fischer, Jahrb. 

 Hamb. Wiss. Aust., i., 1884, p. 28 ; Vincig., Ann. Mus. Geneva 

 (2), xv., 1895, p. 31, fig. 1, and xvii., 1896, p. 25 ; Pfeff., Thierw. O-Afr. 

 Fische, p. 27, fig. (1896) ; Pellegr., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvii., 

 1905, p. 176 ; Bouleng., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1907, p. 1071, and Cat. 

 Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 232, fig. 195 (1911). 



Clarias garicpinus, part., Giinth and Playf., Fish. Zanzib., p. 113 

 (1866). 



Clarias zobecchti, Vincig., Ann. Mus. Geneva (2), xiii., 1893, p. 450, 

 and xv. 1895, p. 30, fig. ; Bouleng., Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 253 (1901), 

 and Fish. Nile, p. 285, pi. li., fig. 1 (1907). 



Clarias lazera (non Cuv. and Val.), Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1894, 

 p. 89 ; Bouleng., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii. p. 161. 



Clarias smithii, Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1896, p. 219, fig. 



