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MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON FISHES 



[Apr. 9, 



Giinther, this fish could not be distinguished from the preceding. 

 Similar cases of close resemblance between species thus referable 

 to Barhus and Capoeta have been pointed out by me when 

 describing collections from Morocco and East Africa. 



10. Barbus elephantis, sp, n. (Text-fig. 91.) 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head, projecting beyond 

 mouth ; diameter of eye 4 times in length of head, interorbital 

 width twice and | ; mouth inferior, feebly cin^ved, 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, anterior 

 I diameter of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, last 

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



Text-fig. 91. 



Barhus elephantis. 



head ; free edge of the fin strongly emarginate ; its distance 

 fiom posterior border of eye equals its distance from caudal. 

 Anal III 5, longest ray 4 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 | as long as deep. 

 Scales 37 ^i, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal 

 peduncle. " Muddy grey above, white beneath ; dor-sal yellowish 

 grey ; caudal and paired fins bright pink." 



Total length 155 millim. 



A single specimen from Groot Olifant River. 



Very similar to the preceding species, but distinguished by longer 

 barbels and smaller scales. 



11. Barbus trimaculatus Peters. 



Groot and Klein Olifant Rivers and Inkomati River. 



12. Barbus inermis Peters. 



Klein Olifant River. 



Previously known from the Zambesi only. 



13. Varigorhinus brucii, sp. n. (Plata XIX.) 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 3^ times in total length; 



