148 



CTPRINIDiE. 



rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales radiately 

 striated, 30-32 =|, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal 



Fie. 124. 



Barbus burgi. 

 Type. 



peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, with a rather indistinct dark 

 lateral band on the posterior half of the body ; fins whitish. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Cape Colony. 

 1-3. Types. 



Burg R., Paarl Division. 



S. African Museum (P.) . 



141. BARBUS VULNERATUS. 



? Barbus gobionides, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvi. p. 189 (1842). 

 Gnathendalia vidnerata, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 57 (1861). 

 Barbus multimaculatus, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixi. i. 1870, p. 633, pi. iii. fig. 2. 

 Barbus vulneratus, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 45. 



Pig. 125. 



Barbus vulneratus. 

 Type of B. multimaculatus, after Steindacbner (I. c). 



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

 length. Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 

 3^ to 3^ times in length of head ; interorbital width about 3 times in 



