The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 



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Oue specimen, 97 mm. in length, from Le Roux River, Oucltslioom, 

 Cape Province. 



Five specimens, ranging from 25-37 mm. in length, from Grobelaars 

 River, near Oudtshooru, Cape Province. 



Two specimens, 60 mm., 70mm. in length respectively, from Baakens 

 River, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. 



: 2. AN ABAS VICINUS, Blgr. 

 Bouleng., Freshw. Fish. Africa, iv, p. 51, tig. 28 (1916). 



" Depth of body 2| to 3 times in total length, length of head 

 2f to 3 times. Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, 

 which is 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 to 1-J- times in inter- 



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FIG. 158. J.?io,6as incinws. Type. 



orbital width ; maxillary to below anterior third or centre of eye ; 

 palatine teeth present ; none of the bones of the head serrated ; 

 operculum with a notch, between two more or less obtuse spines, 

 9 to 11 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 xiii-xv 8-9 ; spines increasing in length to the eighth or ninth, which 

 measures about i length of head ; longest soft rays ? to .V length of 

 head. Anal viii-ix 8-9, similar to dorsal. Pectoral -I to f length of 

 head. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 

 If to 2 times as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal 

 about i length of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 

 27-29 j^ij ; lateral lines ^-j. Brown above, lighter beneath, often 

 spotted all over with black ; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; 

 spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines 

 black. 



Total length 120 inilli 



Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony." 



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