CYPRINKLE. 



2G3 



root of caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, not 

 serrated, nearly as long as head. Anal 111 5, not reaching caudal. 

 Pectoral -f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter below 

 middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 2§ times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 35 --?, 3^ between lateral line and ventral, 14 round 

 caudal peduncle. Yellowish brown, darker above than below ; a dark 

 lateral streak from border of preopercle to root of caudal. 



Total length 77 millim. 



Aapjes River, Transvaal. — Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. 



Distinguished from B. inermis by the smaller eye, longer barbels, and 

 more numerous scales. 



146 c. BARBUS MACRURCS. 

 Gilchrist & Thompson, t. c. p. 425, fig. 



Depth of body 3f to 4f times in total length, length of head 4 to 

 4^ times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3j to 3f times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3§ times in length of head ; 

 mouth subinferior, its width 3 to 4 times in length of head ; lips 



Fig. 161. 



Barbus macrwus. 

 Type (Ann, S. Afr. Mus.). |. 



moderate ; two barbels on each side, anterior § to 1 diameter of eye, 

 posterior 1 to If. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from nostrils or 

 middle of eye and from root of caudal, border slightly concave ; last 

 simple ray not enlarged, flexible, 1 to 1\ times length of head. Anal 

 III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral § to f length of head, not reaching 

 ventral ; base of latter behind anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 



5- 



2 to 1\ times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 33-36 g|, 3-3^ 

 between lateral line and ventral, 14-16 round caudal peduncle. 

 Yellowish brown, darker above than below; a dark lateral streak from 



