BARBUS (PSEUDOBARBUS) PALLIDUS.— Smith. 



Pisces.— Plate XI. No. 2. 



B. supra viridi-brunneus aureo-tinctus ; lateribus partibusque inferioribus flavis ultimis dilutioribus 



cirris quatuor brevibus ; linea laterali versus operculum obliqua, postice recta. 

 Longitudo ab apice nasi ad extremitatem pinnse caudalis, 2 uric. 9 lin. 



Colour. — The back greenish brown with a golden gloss ; the sides and 

 belly gilded yellow, the former darkest. In some specimens there is simply 

 a golden yellow line along the sides, and the parts below are greenish white. 

 Fins pale greenish yellow. Eyes white with a yellow tint. 



Form, &c. — Figure subfusiform or ovate and prolonged ; the dorsal out- 

 line slightly arched, anteriorly near caudal fin straight ; abdominal outline 

 anteriorly more strongly arched, from base of anal fin posteriorly nearly 

 straight. Head short, nearly as deep as long, strongly arched above ; mouth 

 directly in front; gape small, cirri four, two to upper lip, and one to each corner 

 of mouth ; lips thin ; nostrils close to upper and anterior edge of orbit ; sub- 

 operculum rather broad, interoperculum triangular, its apex rounded, humeral 

 plate triangular. Lateral line commences near upper extremity of oper- 

 culum, its course at first slightly oblique, then in a straight line to middle of 

 base of caudal fin, where it terminates. Scales large for the size of the fish, 

 hinder edge semicircular, the outer surface towards hinder edge rough from 

 several delicate raised striae, more or less radiate. Dorsal fin small, its com- 

 mencement rather nearer to the top of the head than to the base of caudal fin, 

 and slightly in front of the base of ventral fins, the first ray slender and hard, 

 the rest soft ; anal fin about midway between ventral and caudal fins, the latter 

 bifurcate. 



Fin rays, D. 7. P. 14. V. 6. A. 7- C. 17. 



This little fish inhabits clear streams in various parts of the Cape colony, and in its habits 

 closely resembles the minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus) of Europe. Numerous individuals are seen 

 together, and specimens are easily obtained by means of a baited hook. 



Until the Cyprinidw shall have been subjected to a most searching examination by a person 

 possessed of a minute knowledge of a great number of species, the family will exist as one whose 



