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CYPKLNIDjE. 



on each side, subequal in length, f diameter of eye. Dorsal III 8, 

 equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last 

 simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its rigid part f length of head. 

 Anal IT1 5, not reaching root of caudal. Pectoral f length of head, 

 not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 



Fisr. 3. 



Barbus polylepis. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1907). 



Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 43 g|, 5 between lateral line and ventral, 18 round caudal peduncle. 

 Olive-grey above, white beneath. 



Total length 1 20 millim. 



Klein Olifant River, Limpopo System. 

 1. Type. Klein Olifant R., Transvaal. 



Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



3. BARBUS HOLDBI. 



Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, eiii. i. 1894, p. 449, pi. iii. fig. 1 ; M. Weber, Zool. 

 Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 151 ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, 

 p. 424, and Proo. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 309. 



Depth of body equal or nearly equal to length of head, 3^ to 4 times 

 in total length. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, 

 3 1 to 4 times in length of head ; eye 3J (young) to 4J times in length 

 of head, interorbital width 2f to 3 times ; mouth subinferior, its width 

 4 to 5 times in length of head; lips moderately developed, lower 

 continuous across chin ; two barbels on each side, posterior not or but 

 slightly longer than anterior and as long as eye or little longer. 

 Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from occiput and from base of caudal, or a 

 little nearer latter, border feebly concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, 

 not serrated, nearly straight, | to f length of head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, 



