. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 417 45. BARBUS MOTEBENSIS, Stdr. Steind., Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii., i., 1894, p. 453, pi. ii., fig. 2, and Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 147, tig. 123 (1911). " Depth of body equal to length of head, about 3i times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4*- times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth small, sub- inferior; two barbels on each side, anterior about i as long as posterior, which is a little longe
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa. 417 45. BARBUS MOTEBENSIS, Stdr. Steind., Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii., i., 1894, p. 453, pi. ii., fig. 2, and Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 147, tig. 123 (1911). " Depth of body equal to length of head, about 3i times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 times in length of head ; eye 4*- times in length of head, interorbital width 3 times; mouth small, sub- inferior; two barbels on each side, anterior about i as long as posterior, which is a little longer than eye. Dorsal iii 7 ; equally distant from eye and from caudal, border convex ; last simple ray not enlarged, not serrated, nearly as long as. FIG. 74.—Barbus motebensix. head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as head, reaching ventral; latter originating a little in advance of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated 32-33 ||, 4-4| between lateral line and ventral. A dark lateral streak from above lateral line to root of caudal; a dark spot at base of dorsal. Total length 90 millim. Motebe Eiver, Upper Notuany Eiver, Marico District. ; 46. BARBUS BURCHELLI, A. Smith. Barbus (Pseudobarbus] burchelli, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Fish., pi. xi., fig. 1 (1840). Barbus burchelli, M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb. Syst., x., 1897, p. 153 ; and Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., ii., p. 146, fig. 122 (1911). Depth of body 3i to 41 times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 3^ to 4!> times. Snout rounded, 2| to 3* times in. 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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