On nno Freshwater Fishes from South Africa. 477 



LV. — Descrijjfions of Three new Species of Fresh irafer 

 Fishes from Snith Africa. By J. I). F. GiLCHRIST, D.Sc, 



and W. Wakdlaw Thompson, F.Z.S. 



Laheo seeheri, sp. n. 



Depth of body nearly 5 times in total length, excludinj^ 

 caudal, length of head 4^ times ; width of head nearly | its 

 length ; snout j)roniinent, projecting, rounded and slightly 

 ])ointed, longer than postocular part of head and 2y'o times 

 in length of head; eye lateral^ nearer to gill-opening than to 

 point of snout, 7 times in length of head, 3? times in inter- 

 orbital width ; width of mouth, with lips, a little more than 

 ^ length of head ; lips well-developed, with transverse plicw 

 on inner surface, fringed with papillae; the lower lip with 

 prominent papilla? scattered on it and festooned on lower 

 ei\gQ ; rostral flap fringed ; no barbel visible. 



i)orsal IV y, nearly equidistant from nostrils and base of 

 caudal, upper border en;arginate; longest branched ray 

 about i length of head. Anal III b, does not reach to base 

 of caudal. Pectoral ^ length of head, does not reach to 

 ventral, which is inserted below 4th branched ray of dorsal. 

 Caudal deeply forked, the lower lobe pointed and longer than 

 upper; caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deejt. 

 Scales 83, lat. tr. ^-^ ; 16 rows of scales between lateral lino 

 and root of ventral, about 32 rows round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen) dark bluish brown above, 

 light coloured on belly ; body covered with minute dark 

 sj)eeks. 



One specimen, '2(S'6 nmi. in length, from Olifant's River, 

 Transvaal [Dr. Seeher). 



Varicorhiuus nasutus, sp. n. 

 (Morobe.) 



Depth of body o^-^ times in total length excluding caudal, 

 length of head 4^^^ tunes ; width of head about | its length. 

 Snout j)ointed and prominent, shorter than postocular portion 

 of head; eye lateral, 7 times in length of head and 3^ times 

 in interorbital width; width of mouth A length of head; 

 rostral flap pointed and overla})s symphysis of upper jaw ; 

 a double row of papillai behind premaxillary ; \\\o barbels 

 on each side, the lower longer than the upper and | diameter 

 of eye. 



