BARB US. 



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106. BAJRBUS RAP AX. 



Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii. i. 1894, p. 451, pi. iv. fig. 2 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1907, p. 307. 



Depth of body 3^- to 3J times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ 

 times. Snout rather pointed, 3 to 3|- times in length of head ; eye 4 to 

 5| times in length of head, interorbital width 4 times ; mouth terminal, 

 its width 3^- to 4 times in length of head ; lips moderate, interrupted 

 on the chin ; two barbels on each side, anterior -§• to f , posterior 4 to 1 

 diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally distant from centre of eye and 

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

 bony, strongly serrated, the serrated part about f length of head. 

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



Fig. 95. 



Barbus rapax. 

 Groot Olifant E. 



or nearly reaching ventral; first ray of latter just in front of vertical 

 of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. 

 Scales radiately striated, 30-33 JJI, 2-J-3 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, olive-brown on the back; 

 fins colourless or reddish. 



Total length 125 millim. (grows to 300). 



Transvaal and Eastern Bechuanaland (Limpopo System).— Type in 

 Vienna Museum. 

 1-3. Hgr. Groot Olifant B., Transvaal. Major G. E. Bruce (C). 



