150 CTPRINID^. 



somewhat darker lateral streak, a black spot at the root of the caudal, 

 and a cloudy spot at the base of the anal. 



Total length 44 millim. 



Tanga, opposite Pemba Island, coast of German East Africa. — Type 

 in Stockholm Museum. 



143. BARBUS HEMIPLEUROGRAMMA, sp. n. 

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

 Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3J times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 2^ times in length of head ; mouth small, terminal or 

 subinferior ; lips feebly developed ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 f to f length of eye, posterior 1 to IJ times. Dorsal III 7, border 



Fig. 126. 



Barbus hemipleurograrama. 

 Type. 



straight, equally distant from eye and from caudal ; last simple ray not 

 enlarged, flexible, a little shorter than head. Anal II 5, not reaching 

 caudal. Pectoral f to J length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of 

 latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1| times as long 

 as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27-29 p, 2^-3 between lateral line 

 and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle ; lateral line incomplete, ex- 

 tending on the anterior 8 to 15 scales only. Brownish above, whitish 

 beneath ; usually a few round blackish spots forming a regular series 

 along each side. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Cape Colony. 

 1-4. Ad. Baakens R. near Port Elizabeth. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



144. BARBUS GURNEYI. 



Gunth. VxxL Fish. vii. p. 102 (18G8), part. ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) ix. 



iy02, p. 288. 



Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, of to 3J 



