BARBUS (CIIEILOBARBUS) CAPENSIS. 
ventral fins to caudal fin nearly straight. Scales large and irregularly five- 
sided, the posterior side or apex of each scale semicircular and submem- 
branous; the point of junction between the basal sides prominent and 
rounded, the two lateral, or the superior and inferior sides of each scale, 
nearly straight ; each scale towards hinder edge marked with fine closely set 
longitudinal striae. The dorsal fin is somewhat quadrangular, its anterio- 
superior angle elongated. Pectoral fins ovate ; hinder edge of ventral fins 
oblique ; anal fin subquadrangular, the inferio-anterior angle elongated and 
blunt. Caudal fin deeply forked. Size of four grown specimens vary from 
fourteen to eighteen inches. 
Fin rays D. 10. P. 16. V. 8. A. 7. C. 19. 
The only specimens which I have seen of this fish were taken in the rivers of the western 
coast of South Africa, more particularly the Breede and Oliphants rivers. It is principally 
found in deep pools, where the current is weak, and where the bottom is soft and muddy. It 
is frequently taken in nets, and also occasionally by hooks. It is a rich fish, and abounds with 
oil ; hence it is not much relished by persons with delicate stomachs. 
