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CYPKIMD^. 



34. BARBUS KRAPFI, sp. n. 

 Depth of body 3 to 3^ times in total length, length of head 34; to 3f 

 times. Snout rounded, 3-J to of times in length of head ; eye 3J 

 (young) to 5^ times in length of head, inteiorbital width 3 times ; 

 mouth inferior ; lips well developed, lower continuous across the chin ; 

 two barbels on each side, anterior 1 to 1-| diameters of eye, posterior 14; 

 to 14; (not longer than eye in young). Dorsal 1II-IV 9 (rarely 8), 

 equally distant from occiput and from caudal, border concave ; last 



Barbus krapji. 

 Type. i. 



simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, straight or feebly curved, f to f 

 length of head. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral as long as or slightly shorter than head, not reaching ventral; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 

 14; times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 25-27 ^ 

 2 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown 

 above, the scales darker at the base, yellowish white beneath ; fins 

 greyish. 



Total length 205 rnillim. 



Niro-Narok River System, flowing into Lorian Swamp, and Upper 

 Athi River, British East Africa. 



1-3. Types. Niro-Narok System, 4000-5000 ft. S. L. Hinde, Esq. (P.). 



4-8. Yg. Simba R., trib. oi' Athi 11., 3000 ft. A. BJayney Percival, Esq. (P.). 



