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CYPFJNID^. 



side, posterior twice as long as anterior and as long as eye. Dorsal 

 IV 9, equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave; 

 last simple ray not enlarged, smooth, nearly as long as head. Anal 

 III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral shorter than head, not reaching 

 ventral ; latter below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about 1^ times 



Fig. 70. 



Barbus zambesensis. 

 After Peters (Reise Mossamb.). 



as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 32-34 p, 3 between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Upper parts and 

 fins green, lower parts silvery tinged with yellow. 



Total length 130 millim. 



Zambesi. — Types in Berlin Museum. 



79. BARBUS LOBOCHILUS, sp. n. 

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

 Snout pointed, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4| times in total 

 length, interorbital width 3 times ; mouth inferior, its width 4 times 

 in length of head ; both lips much developed, each produced into 

 a long pointed median lobe ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 % length of eye, posterior as long as eye. Dorsal IV 8, equally 

 distant from occiput and from root of caudal, border concave ; last 

 simple ray not enlarged, smooth, -f length of head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral § length of head, not reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter a little behind origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle lg times as 



