CTPEINID^. 



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dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales longi- 

 tudinally striated, 40 J, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round 

 caudal peduncle. Greyish brown above, light yellow below. 

 Total length 345 millim. 



Kimberley Reservoir, Cape Colony.— Type in S. African Museum, 

 Cape Town. 



Apparently allied to B. marequemis, but ventrals more posterior in 

 position and scales smaller. 



FiR. 142. 



mmim 



Barbus himberhyensls. 

 Type (Aim. S. Afr. Mus.). ^. 



15 h. BARBUS MENTALIS. 

 Gilchrist & Thompson, t. c. p. 3S4, fig. 



Depth of body nearly 4 times in total length, length of head of 

 times. Snout rounded, about \ length of head ; eye 5f times in length 

 of head, interorbital width nearly 3 times ; mouth terminal, width 3-fg- 

 times in length of head ; lips very thick, lower extending across chin, 

 both lips produced into median lobes, that on upper triangular and 

 low and the one on lower rounded and about f diameter of eye ; two 

 barbels on each side, posterior a little longer than anterior and nearly 

 11 times diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 8, a little nearer to occiput than 

 to root of caudal, border almost straight ; last simple ray moderately 

 enlarged, bony, slightly curved, segmented down to its lower third, 

 smooth, nearly f length of head. Anal 111 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter nearly 

 wholly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If times as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated, 38 ^, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 



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