BARBIIS. 



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139. BARBUS MOTEBENSIS. 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii. i. 1891, p. 453, pi. ii. fig. 2. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, about 31 times in total length. 

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

 head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth small, subinferior; two barbels 

 on each side, anterior about \ as long as posterior, which is a little 

 longer than eye. Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from 

 caudal, border convex ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly 

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

 long as head, reaching ventral ; latter originating a little in advance of 



Kg. 123. 



Barbus motebensis. 

 Type, after Steindachner (I. c). 



dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 32-33 gf, 4-4^ between lateral line and ventral. A dark lateral 

 streak from above lateral line to root of caudal ; a dark spot at base of 

 dorsal. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Motebe River, Upper Notuany River, Marico District, Western 

 Transvaal. 



140. BARBUS BURGI, sp. n. 

 Depth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 3J to 

 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 

 3J times in length of head ; interorbital width 1\ to 2f times in length 

 of head ; mouth small, inferior ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each 

 side, anterior about j length of posterior, which is f diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal III 7, equally distant from eye and from caudal, border nearly 

 straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a little shorter than 

 head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head, reaching or nearly reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior 



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