90 CYPEINID^E. 



76. BARBUS AUREUS. 



Labeobarbus aureus, Cope, Tr. Amer. Philos. Soc. (2) xiii. I860, p. 40G. 

 Barbus aureus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 391, fig. 



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

 Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, g- length of head ; eye 

 4 to 4^ times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth 

 evenly curved, its width 3^ times in length of head ; lower jaw with a 



Fig. 68. 



Barbus aureus. 

 Type (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1907). |. 



sharp edge ; lips thin, not extending across chin ; 2 barbels on each 

 side, equal or posterior the longer ; as long as or a little shorter than 

 eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from occiput and from root of caudal, 

 border concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, smooth, f length 

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

 not reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally 

 striated, 34-37 -^ri 2-g- between lateral line and ventral, 16 round 

 caudal peduncle. No markings. 



Total length 195 millim. 



Umvoti, Natal. — Types in Academy of Nat. Sc, Philadelphia. 



1. Hgr. Natal. Dr. Gribb (C.) ; Army Medical College (P.). 



2-3. Hgr. „ Army Medical College (P.). 



77. BARBUS JOHNSTONII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 488. 



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

 Snout rounded, f or ^ length of head ; eye 4^ to 5 times in length 

 of head, interorbital width 2\ times ; mouth inferior, its width 3 to 



