PMIESH-WATER FISHES, BATHACHIANS, AXD REPTILES. 231 



Atractaspis hiLrnnii A. Smifli. 



Junction of the two Umfolosi Rivers, Entenclweiii, Zulu- 

 land. 



Descrihtiox^^ of the two new fkesh-watek Fishes. 



Neobola brevianalis sp. v. (Text-fig. 1.) 



Depth of body 4| times in total length, length of head Sh 

 times. Snout obtuse, not projecting beyond the mouth, shorter 

 than the diameter of the eye, which is 3i times in length of 



Text-fig. 1. 



head ; mouth extending to below anterior third of eye. Dorsal 

 with II 7 rays, its origin slightly in advance of that of the 

 anal ; its distance from the end of the .snout twice and ^ its 

 distance from the caudal ; first branched ray longest, about 4=- 

 length of head. Anal II 12. Pectoral acutely pointed, as lono- 

 as head, reaching root of ventral. Caudal peduncle once and 

 |- as long as deep. Caudal deeply foi-ked. Scales 52 ^t", 1 

 between lateral line and root of ventral, 16 round caudal 

 peduncle. Yellowish, with a silvery lateral band; fins white. 



Total length 37 millin. 



A single specimen from the Mkuzi River, Zululand. Three 

 species of Neobola were known: N. bottegi Vlnclg. (Lake 

 Rudolf, Gallaland, Somaliland), N. argentea Pellegr. (Lake 

 Victoria),andN.minutai?/^r. (Lake Tanganyika). N. brevi- 

 analis differs from its congeners in the lower number of anal 

 rays (14 instead of 18 to 20). 



