BABBITS. 



151 



times in total length. Snout rounded, 3^ to 3^ times in length of head ; 

 eye 3^ (young) to 5 times in length of head, interorhital width 3 to 3^ 

 times ; mouth terminal ; lips moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior 

 f to f diameter of eye, posterior 1 to 1^ diameters. Dorsal III 7, equally 

 distant from eye and from caudal, border slightly convex ; last simple ray 

 not enlarged, not serrated, f to § length of head. Anal III 5, not 

 reaching caudal. Pectoral f to £ length of head, not reaching ventral ; 

 base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle If to 

 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 31-35 gpn, 1|-2| 



Fig. 127. 



Barbus gurneyi. 

 Type. 



between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish 

 above, silvery beneath ; a rather indistinct dark streak from above origin 

 of lateral line to root of caudal, where it may end in a small black spot. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Natal and Zululand. 

 1-8. Types. Durban. 



9-16. Hgr. & yg. 

 17-26. Hgr.&yg. 



M. Fougosi R, (trib. of 



Tugelu), Zululand. 

 Umt'ulosi, Zululand. 



Mr. T. Ay res (CY). 



W. E. Tones, Esq. (P.). 



Mr. C. Grant ((J.) ; 

 C. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.). 



145. BARBUS BANGUELENSIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 643. 



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

 rounded, equal to diameter of eye and to interorbital width, 3§ times in 

 length of head ; mouth small, subinferior ; lips thin ; two barbels on 

 each side, barely \ diameter of eye. Dorsal IV 7, equally distant from 

 end of snout and from root of caudal ; last simple ray not enlarged, not 



