CTPRINID.E. 



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root of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, not 

 serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal 111 •"), not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral ^ lengtli of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 

 middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 2| times as long as dco]). Scales 

 radiately striated, 35 l\, 3| between lateral line and ventral, 14 round 

 caudal peduncle. Yellowish brown, darker above than below ; a dark 

 lateral streak from border of preopercle to root of caudal. 



Total length 77 millim. 



Aapjes River, Transvaal.— Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. 



Distinguished from B. iiiermis by tlie smaller eye, longer barbels, and 

 more numerous scales. 



14tM-. BAUBL'S M.\( lU'RUS. 

 Gilchrist &, Thompson, t. c. p. 425, fijj;. 



Depth of body 3| to 4f times in total length, length of head 4 to 

 4\ times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is o\ to 3| times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3| times in length of head ; 

 mouth subinferior, its width 3 to 4 times in lengtli of head ; lips 



1<V 161. 



Barbta macruni*: 

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



moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior f to 1 diameter of eye, 

 posterior 1 to 1|. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from nostrils or 

 middle of eye and from root of caudal border slightly concave ; last 

 simple ray not enlarged, flexible, 1 to 1^ times length of head. Anal 

 in 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | to i length of head, not reaching 

 ventral ; base of latter behind anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 2 to 2i times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33-36 gj, S-3^ 

 between lateral line and ventral, 14-1 (i round caudal peduncle. 

 Yellowish brown, darker above than below ; a dark lateral streak from 



