106 CTPBINID^. 



h-{. Adult. Nile. Purchased of J. Heckel. 



Jc. Adult: skeleton (in spiiits). Lower Nile. From Mr. Petlierick's 

 Collection. 



48. Barbus trimaculatus. 



Barbus (Dangila) tziniaculatus, Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 

 1852, p. 683. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 5/4. 



No osseous dorsal ray. Three longitudinal series of scales between 

 the lateral line and the root of the ventral. Body oblong, its height 

 being one-fourth of its length (without caudal) ; the length of the 

 head very little more ; the depth of the head is less than its length, 

 without snout. The diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head and about equal to that of the snout, which is 

 somewhat obtuse. Mouth moderate ; the lower barbel is long, much 

 exceeding the upper one, and twice the diameter of the eye. The 

 height of the dorsal fin is less than the depth of the body ; its 

 commencement is anterior to that of the ventral, and considerably 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the root of the caudal. Anal 

 fin moderate ; caudal not deeply forked ; pectoral not reaching the 

 root of the ventral. Three spots on each side of the body ; the first 

 above the lateral line, and before the dorsal, the second behind the 

 dorsal, the third on the end of the lateral line. 



Tette. 



Prof. Peters has kindly communicated to me a drawing of this 

 species, from which I have drawn up this description. 



49. Barbus gobionoides. 



Barbus gobionides, Cuv. 4" Val. xvi. p. 189. 



? Barbus paUidus, Smith, III Zool. S.Afr. Pisces, pi. 11. fig. 2. 



D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 26-30. 



The osseous dorsal ray is very feeble and smooth. Head short, 

 snout obtuse, eye small. Caudal fin emarginate, the other fins 

 rounded. {Vol.') 



Cape of Good Hope ; of small size. 



This appears to be the place where we have to mention a fish, 

 described by M. Castebiau in a publication entitled ' Memoire sur les 

 Poissons de I'Afrique australe,'p. 57, under the name of Gnathendalia 

 vulnerata. To give an idea of the character of this pubHcation, I add 

 the diagnosis of this genus Gnathendalia: — "Corps aUonge; bouche 

 tres- extensible par en dessous ; pas de dents ; rayons simples de la 

 dorsale et de I'anale trcs faibles et flexibles." The author states that 

 it has four barbels. He informs us that the fish is from the mission 

 " Genadendal," evidently meaning the weU-known Gnadenthal. 



