BARBUS. 



97 



last simple ray not enlarged, Hexible, smooth, IJ times length of head. 

 Anal III 5, nearly reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not 

 reaching ventral, the base of which is below middle of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-31 ^, 2^ 

 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pinkish 

 brown above, each scale blackish at the base ; pinkish white beneath ; 

 fins dark grey. 



Total length 320 millim. 



Upper Zambesi. 

 1. Type. Gorge below Victoria Falls. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). 



81. BARBUS FAIRBAIRNII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 493. 



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

 obtusely pointed, covered with horny tubercles on tip and sides, not 

 quite 3 times in length of head ; eye 6 times in length of head, inter- 



Fig. 76. 



Barhus fairbainiii. 

 Type, h 



orbital width 2^ times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 J times in length of 

 head ; lips moderate, lower restricted to the sides ; two barbels on each 

 side, subequal, posterior J diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant 

 from eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray not enlarged, 

 smooth, as long as head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as 



