00 CYPRINID.f'. 



7r,. BARBUS AUREUS. 



Labeoharlnis axreus, Cope, Tr. Amer. Pliilos. Soc. (2) xiii. 18G9, p. 40n. 

 Barbus aureus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 391, fig. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3| times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, -J length of head ; eye 

 4 to i\ times in length of head, inteiorbital width 3 times ; mouth 

 evenly curved, its width o\ times in length of head ; lower jaw with a 



Fig. 68. 



Biifhus aureus. 

 Type (Ami. & Mag. N. H. 1907). I 



sharp edge ; lips thin, not extending across chin ; 2 barbels on each 

 side, equal or posterior the longer ; as long as or a little shorter than 

 eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, 

 border concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, f length 

 of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral f length of head, 

 not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally 

 striated, 34-37 -^r^, 2-J- between lateral line and ventral, 16 round 

 caudal peduncle. No markings. 



Total length 195 raillim. 



Umvoti, Natal. — Types in Academy of Nat. Sc, Philadelphia. 



1. Hgr. Natal. Dr. Gibb (C.) ; Army Medical College (P.). 



2-3. Hgr. „ Army Medical College (P.). 



77. BARBUS JOHNSTONII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 488. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, y or J length of head ; eye 4J to 5 times in length 

 of head, interorbital width 2 J times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 to 



