BAEBUS. 



79 



posterior about ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 9. equally distant from 

 eye and from root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray 

 strong, bony, not serrated, its rigid part § length of head. Anal III 5, 

 not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching 

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

 times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 29 if. 2| between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Muddy grey above, 

 white beneath ; dorsal yellowish grey ; caudal and paired fins bright 

 pink. 



Pig. 56. 



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g^aaki&s^ 



Barbus sector. 

 Type (P. Z.S. 1907). £. 



Total length 440 millim. 

 Groot Olifant River, Transvaal. 

 1. Type. Groot Olifant R. 



Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



65. BARBUS MICRONEMA. 

 Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiii. 1904, p. 237. 



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

 Snout rounded-subtruncate, 2f to 3 times in length of head, with small 

 pearl-like granules on the sides ; eye 4f to b\ times in length of head, 

 interorbital width 2 to 2-g- times ; mouth inferior, forming a broken arch, 

 a feebly curved transverse line in front, its width 3 times in length of 

 head ; edge of lower jaw forming a blunt keel ; lips feebly developed, 

 lower restricted to the sides ; barbels one or two on each side, the 

 anterior, if present, quite minute, the posterior \ diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal III 10, a little nearer occiput than root of caudal, border concave ; 

 last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its rigid part f to § length of 

 head. Anal III 5, reaching caudal. Pectoral as long as or a little 



