CTPHIXID.E. 



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head. Anal 11 -J, roacliing caudal. Pectoral 1 ,\, times as long as 

 head, falciform, scarcely reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior 

 rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales 

 longitudinally striated, 28 J. 1* between lateral line and ventral, 14 

 round caudal peduncle. Greenish, darker above than below ; all fins 

 except ventral edged with white ; a dark diagonal band on base of each 

 lobe of caudal; scales on upper part of body edged witli liluck. 



Total length a'lS millim. 



Crocodile 11., Transvaal.— Type in S. African Museum, Cai)e Town. 



Closely allied to B. victoriw. liarbels longer. 



1.5L'. 



Burlms coolii. 

 Type (Ann. S. Afr. Miis.). 



3 

 8- 



84 «. BAUl'.US SWIERSTRiE. 

 (iilclirist it Thomixson, t. c. p. 3!t:\ fig. 



Depth of body 3| to of times in tot;.l length, leiigtli of li<>ad 1 to 

 4 J times. Snout blunt, 2f to 3 times in length of head ; eye b\ to 5^ 

 times in length of head, interorbital width 2f • to 2| times; mouth 

 inferior, its width 2§ to 2^ times in length of head ; lips moderate, 

 lower with a small mental lobe ; lower jaw rather sharp-edged ; two 

 barbels on each side, subcqual or posterior the longer, | to about as long 

 as eye ; head with minute tubercles. Dorsal IV 9, equally distant from 

 eye and from caudal, border c<)nca\e ; last simple ray slightly cidarged, 

 segmented down to basal tliird, nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, 



