98 



CYPKIXIIXE. 



long as head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below middle of 

 dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1J times as long as deep. Scales longi- 

 tudinally striated, 34 57, 2\ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round 

 caudal peduncle. Purplish brown above, pinkish white beneath, the 

 scales blackish at the base ; fins purplish brown. 



Total length 420 millim. 



Upper Zambesi. 

 1. Type. Gorge below Victoria Falls. T. Codrington, Esq. (P.). 



85. BARBUS CODRINGTONII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) ii. 1908, p. 41)2. 



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

 rounded, ^ length of head ; eye 6 times in length of head, interorbital 

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

 lips moderately developed, lower broadly interrupted on the chin ; two 



rig. 7", 



Barbus eodringtonii. 



Type. 



1 



3" 



barbels on each side, anterior |, posterior § diameter of eye. Dorsal III 9, 

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

 simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, 1^ times as long as head. 

 Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching 

 ventral ; base of latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle slightly 



