. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 381 Two specimens, 110 mm., 80 mm. in length respectively, from White River, East Transvaal (A. T. Cooke). 9. BARBUS COOKEI, n. sp. Depth of body 3 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 4i times. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, nearly 3 times in length of head ; eye 5f times in length of head, interorbital width 2T1(T times ; mouth sub-inferior, its width 2l times in length of head ; lips thin, lower restricted to the sides ; lower
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 381 Two specimens, 110 mm., 80 mm. in length respectively, from White River, East Transvaal (A. T. Cooke). 9. BARBUS COOKEI, n. sp. Depth of body 3 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 4i times. Snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond mouth, nearly 3 times in length of head ; eye 5f times in length of head, interorbital width 2T1(T times ; mouth sub-inferior, its width 2l times in length of head ; lips thin, lower restricted to the sides ; lower jaw with a sharp keel covered with a horny sheath. Two barbels on each side, anterior ± diameter of eye, posterior nearly as long as FIG. 41.—Barbus eookei. -£. Dorsal iii 9 ; equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray slightly enlarged, bony, not serrated, slightly longer than head. Anal ii 5; reaching caudal. Pectoral l-j1^ times as long as head, falciform, scarcely reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, lobes acutely pointed ; caudal peduncle 1| times as long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 28 f, H between lateral line and ventral, 14 round caudal peduncle. Colour (of preserved specimen), greenish, darker above than below ; all fins except ventral edged with white ; a dark diagonal band on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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