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LXIV. — Diagnoses of neio Fishes from the Upper Zambesi. 

 By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



In the September number of these ' Annals ' I had the 

 privilege of giving diagnoses of 12 new fishes from Lake 

 Nyassa. A further advance has since been made in our 

 knowledge of the fishes of the Zambesi System through the 

 exertion of Mr. T. Codrington, who on a recent visit to his 

 son, Mr. R. Codrington, Administrator of N.W. Rhodesia, 

 availed himself of the exceptional facilities afforded him 

 to make a very valuable collection of the fishes, which he 

 has presented to the British Museum. Seven species are 

 considered to be new and are here briefly characterized. 

 Further descriptions and figures of these will appear in the 

 British Museum ' Catalogue of African Freshwater Fishes,' 

 now in course of preparation. 



Barhus victoria?. 

 D. IV 8. A. Ill 5. L. lat. 30. L. tr. g. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 

 4i times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head, eye 5 

 times, interorbital width 2^ times; mouth inferior, its width 

 3 times in length of head ; lower jaw with a nearly straight 

 sharp edge, covered with a thin homy sheath; lips rather 

 thick, papillose, lower restricted to the sides ; barbels 2 on 

 each side, anterior ^, posterior \ diameter of eye. Last 

 simple ray of dorsal not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 1^ length 

 of head ; border of dorsal concave. Anal nearly reaching 

 caudal. Base of ventral below middle of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep. 2}, scales between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pinkish brown above, 

 each scale blackish at the base, pinkish white beneath ; fin 

 dark grey. 



Total length 320 mm. 



A single specimen, from the gorge below the Victoria Falls. 



Barhus codringtonii. 



D. Ill 9. A. Ill 5. L. lat. 32. L. tr. % 



Depth of body 3j times in total length, length of head 4 

 times. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head, eye 

 6 times, interorbital width 2^ times ; mouth inferior, its 

 width 3 times in length of head ; lips moderate, lower broadly 

 interrupted on the chin ; barbels 2 on each side, anterior 5, 



