144 CTPRlJsID.'E. 



small, subinferior ; lips moderate ; a single barbel on each side, | to J 

 diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from 

 caudal, border straight; last simple ray rather strong, bony, finely 

 serrated in its upper part only, the stiff part f to f length of head. 

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

 reaching ventral ; base of latter partly in front of vertical of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 

 33-36 5fig|i 3-4 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brownish above, silvery white beneath ; a dark streak on 

 each side, from above the origin of the lateral line to a round black spot 

 at the root of the caudal. 



Total length 95 millim. 



Buffalo River, Cape Colony. 



l-(j. Types. Buffalo R., near King William's Major H. Trevelyan (P.). 



Town. 

 7-9. Ad. King William's Town. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



Ba.rhus kurumani, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 59 (1861), 

 from the Kuruman River (Orange River System), is perhaps allied to 

 B. trevelyani, as it is described as having a single pair of barbels, a 

 strong spine to the dorsal, large scales, and a black spot at root of 

 caudal. Total length 110 millim. 



136. BARBUS APLEUROGRAMMA, sp. n. 

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



FiiT. 120. 



Barhus uplearojrammd. 

 Type. 



Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 3 J times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 2\ times in length of head ; sides of snout with scars 

 of nuptial tubercles ; mouth small, terminal ; lips feebly developed ; 

 a single barbel on each side, \ diameter of eye. Dorsal III 7, equally 

 distant from eye and from root of caudal, border straight ; last simple 



