BARBUS. 



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not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal, the 

 origin of which falls a. little behind first ray of ventral. Caudal 

 peduncle 2 to 2$ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 

 36 -42 ^- 7 i, 4 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal 

 peduncle. Olive-brown above, silvery white beneath. 



Fie. 4. 



Barbus holubi. 

 Type, after S.teiudachner (7. c). g. 



Total length 210 millim. 



Vaal River and Limpopo River to Natal. — Type in Vienna Museum 



1. AJ. Vaul K., near Vredefort, 



Orange B. Colony. 

 2-3. Ad. & hgr. Groot Olifant B., 



Transvaal. 

 Mcoi B. at Potchefstroom, 



Transvaal. 

 Ngoya Hills, Zululand. 



Cant. Barrett-Hamilton (P.). 

 Majov G. E. Bruce (P.). 



4-7. Ad., hgr., & 



8-0. Yg. 



Mr. Stenning (C.) ; 



S. African Museum (P.). 

 Mr. C. Grant (0.) ; 



C. D. Budd, Esq. (P.). 



Barlus natalensis, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 59 (1801), 

 from the Tugela River, is insufficiently described, but the few notes 

 given do not disagree with the characters of the above species. 



4. BABBUS MICBOTEBOLEPIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) x. 1902, p. 426. 



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

 Snout rounded, Z\ times in length of head ; eye 4 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth terminal, its width 4J times in 

 length of head ; lips moderately developed, lower continuous ; two 

 barbels on each side, anterior f diameter of eye, posterior as long as 



