﻿On 
  new 
  Freshwater 
  Fishes 
  from 
  South 
  Africa. 
  477 
  

  

  LV. 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  Three 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Freshwater 
  

   Fishes 
  from 
  Smith 
  Africa. 
  By 
  J. 
  D. 
  F. 
  GlLCHRIST, 
  D.Sc, 
  

  

  and 
  W. 
  Waudlaw 
  Thompson, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Labeo 
  seeberi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Depth 
  of 
  body 
  nearly 
  5 
  times 
  in 
  total 
  length, 
  excluding 
  

   caudal, 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  4^ 
  times 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  nearly 
  | 
  its 
  

   length 
  ; 
  snout 
  prominent, 
  projecting, 
  rounded 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   pointed, 
  longer 
  than 
  postocular 
  part 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  2 
  T 
  1 
  times 
  

   in 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  eye 
  lateral, 
  nearer 
  to 
  gill-opening 
  than 
  to 
  

   point 
  of 
  snout, 
  7 
  times 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  head, 
  3g 
  times 
  in 
  inter- 
  

   orbital 
  width 
  ; 
  widtli 
  of 
  mouth, 
  with 
  lips, 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  

   \ 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  lips 
  well-developed, 
  with 
  transverse 
  plica? 
  

   on 
  inner 
  surface, 
  fringed 
  with 
  papilla? 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  lip 
  with 
  

   prominent 
  papilla? 
  scattered 
  on 
  it 
  and 
  festooned 
  on 
  lower 
  

   edge 
  ; 
  rostral 
  flap 
  fringed 
  ; 
  no 
  barbel 
  visible. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  IV 
  9, 
  nearly 
  equidistant 
  from 
  nostrils 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  

   caudal, 
  upper 
  border 
  emarginate; 
  longest 
  branched 
  ray 
  

   about 
  f 
  length 
  of 
  head. 
  Anal 
  III 
  5, 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  base 
  

   of 
  caudal. 
  Pectoral 
  | 
  length 
  of 
  head, 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  

   ventral, 
  which 
  is 
  inserted 
  below 
  4th 
  branched 
  ray 
  of 
  dorsal. 
  

   Caudal 
  deeply 
  forked, 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe 
  pointed 
  and 
  longer 
  than 
  

   upper 
  ; 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  dee}). 
  

   Scales 
  83, 
  lat. 
  tr. 
  ^ 
  ; 
  16 
  rows 
  of 
  scales 
  between 
  lateral 
  line 
  

   and 
  root 
  of 
  ventral, 
  about 
  32 
  rows 
  round 
  caudal 
  peduncle. 
  

  

  Colour 
  (of 
  preserved 
  specimen) 
  dark 
  bluish 
  brown 
  above, 
  

   light 
  coloured 
  on 
  belly 
  ; 
  body 
  covered 
  with 
  minute 
  dark 
  

   specks. 
  

  

  One 
  specimen, 
  268 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  from 
  Olifant's 
  River, 
  

   Transvaal 
  (Dr. 
  t'eeber). 
  

  

  Varicorhinus 
  nasutus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   (Morobe.) 
  

  

  Depth 
  of 
  body 
  3 
  T 
  ^ 
  times 
  in 
  total 
  length 
  excluding 
  caudal, 
  

   length 
  of 
  head 
  4 
  T 
  3 
  times 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  about 
  § 
  its 
  length. 
  

   Snout 
  pointed 
  and 
  prominent, 
  shorter 
  than 
  postocular 
  portion 
  

   of 
  head; 
  eye 
  lateral, 
  7 
  times 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  3^ 
  times 
  

   in 
  interorbital 
  width 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  mouth 
  f 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  

   rostral 
  flap 
  pointed 
  and 
  overlaps 
  symphysis 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw 
  ; 
  

   a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  papilla? 
  behind 
  premaxillary 
  ; 
  two 
  barbels 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  lower 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  § 
  diameter 
  

   of 
  eye. 
  

  

  