BARBUS (PSEUDOBARBUS) PALLIDUS.— Smith. 
Pisces. — Plate XI. No. 2. 
B. SU p r a viridi-brunneus aureo-tinctus ; lateribus partibusque inferiority flavis ultimis dilutioribus 
cirris quatuor brevibus; lined laterali versus operculum obliqud, postice recta. 
Longitudo ab apice nasi ad extremitatem pinnee caudalis, 2 unc. 9 bn. 
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. — F igure subfusiform or ovate and prolonged; the dorsal out- 
line si ghtly arched, anteriorly near caudal fin straight; abdominal outline 
anteriorly more strongly arched, from base of anal fin posteriorly near y 
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 , so 
operculum rather broad, interoperculum triangular, its apex rounded, humeia 
plate triangular. Lateral line commences near upper extremity of oper- 
culum, its course at first slightly oblique, then in a stratght line to noddle of 
base of caudal fin, where it terminates. Scales large for the size of the fi 
hinder edge semicircular, the outer surface towards hinder edge rough from 
several delicate raised stria, , more or less radiate. Dorsal n sma , 1 s 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 vest 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 m its habits 
Ho lv resembles the minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus) of Europe. Numerous mdmduals are seen 
together, and specimens are easily obtained by means of a baited hook. 
Until the Cvprinidm 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 
