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dorsal. C'aiulal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales loniji- 

 tudinally striated, 40 ^., 3 between lateral line and ventral, IG round 

 caudal peduncle. Greyish brown above, light yellow below. 



Total length 345 millini. 



Kiraberley Reservoir, Cape Colony. — Type in S. African Museum, 

 Cape Town. 



Apparently allied to ]>. mareqnen&is, but ventrals more posterior in 

 position and scales smaller. 



Fi". 1 42. 



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Barbiis kiiHbirlfi/ciiisix. 

 Type (Aim. S. Afr. Mus.). 



lo h. BAUBUS MENTALIS. 

 Gilcliri.^t it Tliomiison. t. c. p. 384, lig. 



])cptli of body nearly 4 times in total lengtli, length of ]i<>ad 3j 

 times. Snout rounded, about ^ length of head ; eye -J;' times in length 

 of head, interorbital width nearly 3 times; mouth terminal, width Oi'j,- 

 times in length of head ; lips very thick, lower extending across chin, 

 both li[)s produced into median lobes, that on upper triangular and 

 low and the one on lower rounded and about I diameter of eye ; two 

 barbels on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and nearly 

 li times diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 8, a little nearer to occiput tliau 

 to root of caudal, border almost straight; la^t simple ray moderately 

 enlarged, bony, slightly curved, segmented down to its lower lliinl, 

 smooth, nearly 5 length of head. Anal 111 0, reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral; base of latter nearly 

 wholly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle I3 times as long as deep. 

 Scales Icuigiludinally striated, 08 -';, o between lateral line and ventral, 



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