252 



-ADDENDA, VOL. TI. 



reaching vontral ; base of latter sliglitly in advance of anterior rays 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 1§ times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 29-33 ^, 2| between lateral line and ventral, 16 round 

 caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish above ; a faint dark lateral streak ; 

 scales with dark borders. 



Total length 72 milliin. 



Sabi 11., Transvaal. — Types in S. African Museum, Cape Town. 



Allied to B. rapax, but snout rounded and mouth subinferior. 



Barhus hamillonii. 

 Tvpe (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). §. 



lOGk BAllBUS BROOKIXGir. 

 rjilchrist & Tliompson, 1. c. fin;. 



Depth of body 3| times in total lengtlu length of head 4 times. 

 Snout blunt, of times in length of head ; eye 4j times in length of 

 liead, interorbital width 3;} times; mouth small, subinferior, its width 

 3f times in length of head ; lips tliick, lower cleft in centre and 

 jaw sharp-edged ; two barbels on each side, anterior nearly ^ 

 diameter of eye, posterior |; a groove across snout in front of 

 nostrils. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from root 

 of caudal, border straight ; last simple ray feebly enlarged, feel)ly 

 serrated at distal extremity, curved, nearly f length of head. Anal 

 111 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly | length of head, not 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter situated in advance of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33 p, 3^ 

 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Light 

 yellowish brown ; a dark line from above origin of lateral line to base 



