96 



CYPEINIDiE. 



root of caudal, border notched ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, 

 smooth, f to f length of head. Anal II 5, nearly reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, the base of 

 which is below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle IJ to IJ times as 

 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 ^, 2J-3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown 

 above, silvery below ; fins dark. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Mashonaland, N.E. "Rhodesia (Zambesi System). 

 1-4. Types. Near Mazoe, Mashonaland. J. fFolUott Darling, Esq. (P.). 



83. BARBUS VICTORItE. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1008, p. 492. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head 4^ times. Snout 

 rounded, J length of head ; eye 5 times in length of head, interorbital 



'IS- lo. 



Barhus victorice. 

 Type, i 



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 horny 

 sheath ; lips rather thick, papillose, lower restricted to the sides ; two 

 barbels on each side, anterior ^, posterior J diameter of eye. Dorsal 

 IV 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; 



