96 



CYPEINID^E. 



root of caudal, border notched ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, 

 smooth, § to f length of head. Anal II 5, nearly reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, the base of 

 which is below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1\ times as 

 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 30-32 |f, 2J-3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown 

 above, silvery below; fins dark. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Mashonaland, N.E. "Rhodesia (Zambesi System). 

 1-4. Types. Near Mazoe, Mashonaland. J. ffolliott Darling, Esq. (P.). 



83. BARBUS VICTORIA. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 492. 



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

 rounded, \ length of head ; eye 5 times in length of head, interorbital 



Fig. 75. 



Barbus victorim. 

 Type. I 



width 2£ times; mouth inferior, its width 3 times in length of head; 

 lower jaw with a nearly straight sharp edge, covered with a thin horny 

 sheath ; lips rather thick, papillose, lower restricted to the sides ; two 

 barbels on each side, anterior i posterior \ diameter of eye. Dorsal 

 IV 8, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; 



