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7. Barbus holubi Stclr. 

 Groot Olifant River. 



This fish may be the same as B. natalensis Castelnau, m- 

 sufficently described. 



8. Barbus brucii, sp. n. (Plate XVIII. fig. 1.) 



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

 Snout rounded-subacuminate, 2| times in length of head, strongly 

 projecting beyond mouth ; diameter of eye 5 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width nearly 3 times ; mouth small, inferior, 

 its width 4i times in length of head; lips strongly developed, 

 lower continuous and forming a rounded mental lobe ; two 

 barbels on each side, anterior not quite | diameter of eye, 

 posterior |. Dorsal lY 9, last simple ray strong, bony, not 

 serrated, its rigid part | length of head ; free edge of the fin 

 strongly emarginate ; its distance from centi-e of eye equals its 

 distance from caudal. Anal III 5, longest ray | length of head, 

 not reaching root of caudal. Pectoral | length of head, not 

 reaching ventral ; latter below middle of base of dorsal. Caudal 

 deeply forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle once and 

 I as long as broad. Scales 29 ^|, 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. " Muddy grey above, white 

 beneath ; dorsal yellowish gxey ; caudal and paired fins bright 

 pink." 



Total length 150 millim. 



A single specimen fi-om the Groot Olifant River. 



9. Barbus sector, sp. n. (Plate XYIII. fig. 2.) 



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

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head, strongly pi-ojecting 

 beyond mouth ; diameter of eye 4 times in length of head, inter- 

 orbital width 2 1 times ; mouth inferior, feebly curved, its width 

 3 times in length of head, lower jaw with a sharp edge ; lower 

 lip restricted to the sides ; two barbels on each side, antei-ior 

 about ^, posterior about | diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 9, last 

 simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its rigid part i length of 

 head ; free edge of the fin feebly emarginate ; its distance from 

 centre of eye equals its distance from caudal. Anal III 5, 

 longest ray | length of head, not reaching root of caudal. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; latter 

 below middle of base of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, with 

 pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle once and | as long as deep. 



Scales 29 t!, 1h between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 

 peduncle. " Muddy grey above, white beneath ; dorsal yellowish 

 grey ; caudal and paired fins bright pink." 



Total length 140 millim. 



A single specimen from the Groot Olifant River. 



But for the shape of the head and the structure of the mouth 

 owing to which it should be referred to the genus Capoeta of 



