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CYPRTXIDJE. 



63. BARBUS ELEPHANTIS. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 310, fig. 



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

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head; eye 4 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 2-f times ; mouth inferior, feebly curved, its 

 width 8-j times in length of head, lower jaw with a sharp edge ; lower 

 lip restricted to the sides; two barbels on each side, anterior | diameter 

 of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from eye 

 and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray strong, bony, 



Fig. 55. 



Bttrhus ehphairfis. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1907). %. 



not serrated, its rigid part f length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

 caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1|- times as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated, 37 o> 3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 14 round caudal peduncle. Muddy grey above, white beneath ; dorsal 

 yellowish grey ; caudal and paired fins bright pink. 



Total length 155 millim. 



Groot Olifant River, Transvaal. 

 1. Type. Groot Olifant R. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



64. BARBUS SECTOR. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 309, pi. xviii. fig. 2. 



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

 Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4 times in length of 

 head, interorbital width 2-f 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, anterior about ^, 



