178 



1-10. Hgi\ & 



Jg- 



11-17. Ad. 



18. Ad. 



19-20. Hgr. 

 21-22. Ad. 

 23-25. Ad. 



26-29. Yg. 



30-32. Ad. & 



hgr, 

 33-34. Hgr. 

 35-39. Hot. 



CYPRINIDjK. 



Grobelaars R. near Ondtsloon. 



Baakens R., Port Elizabeth. 

 Port Elizabeth. 



Near Cathcart. 



Buffalo R. near King William's 



Town. 

 Vredefort, Orange R. Colony. 



L. Chrissie, 150 m. E. of 



Pretoria. 

 Klein Olifant R., Transvaal. 

 Groot Olifant R. at Kalkfontein, 



Transvaal. 



Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



0. West, Esq. (P.). 



F. W. FitzSimons, Esq. 



(P.). 

 Mr. J. L. Drege (P.). 

 Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 

 Major H. Trevelyan (P.) . 



Capt. Barrett - Hamilton 



(P.). 

 P. A. Methueii, Esq. (P.). 



Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 

 S. Pershouse, Esq. (P.). 



175. BARBUS AFER. 



Barbus (Capoeta) afer, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 395. 

 Barhus afer, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 148 (1868). 



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

 Snout rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 

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



Pig. 156. 



Barbus afer. 

 Cape Town. 



mouth small, inferior; lips moderate; a single barbel on each side, § to 

 £ diameter of eye. Dorsal 111 7, equally distant from eye and from 

 caudal, border straight; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, a 

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

 a little shorter than head, sometimes reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 originating slightly in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long 

 as deep. Scales radiately striated, 28-31 gf, 3 between lateral line and 



