. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 435 than those of dorsal, | length of head. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked (damaged in specimens); caudal peduncle 2^ times as long as deep. Scales with radiating striae, 40—11 £4 2i- hetween lateral line and base of ventral, 14 round "S caudal FIG. 92.—Bariliita stephenxoni. 5 4- Colour (of preserved specimens), silvery, brownish on back ; 7 or 8 vertical bluish bars on body on each side and a dark spot at base of
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 435 than those of dorsal, | length of head. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral. Caudal forked (damaged in specimens); caudal peduncle 2^ times as long as deep. Scales with radiating striae, 40—11 £4 2i- hetween lateral line and base of ventral, 14 round "S caudal FIG. 92.—Bariliita stephenxoni. 5 4- Colour (of preserved specimens), silvery, brownish on back ; 7 or 8 vertical bluish bars on body on each side and a dark spot at base of caudal; membranes of dorsal rays and tip of last ray black. Two specimens, 49 mm., 56 mm. in length respectively, from Livingstone, Khodesia (A. Stephenson). : 4. BARILIUS ZAMBESENSIS, Peters. Leuciscus zambesensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1852, p. 682. Opsaridion zambezense, Peters, op. cit., 1853, p. 783, arid Eeise Mossamb., iv., p. 58, pi. xi., fig. 5 (1868). Barilius zambezensis, Gunth., Cat. Fish., vii., p. 292 (1868). Barilius zambesensis, Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 198, fig. 173 (1911). " Depth of body 4-4 i times in total length, length of head 3| to 4 times. Head twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, scarcely. 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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