. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 252 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM commissure, anterior surface thickly beset with minute pores; free margin of snout with small, indistinct plicae; eye in midlength of head, 4 in head, in snout, and 2 in the slightly convex interorbital space; mouth strongly arched, its width equal to eye, its posterior angle in advance of vertical from nostrils; upper lip narrow centrally, wide and thickened laterally, where it is uncovered by the rostral fold, its posterior expanded end, occupying a deep groove, bearing an ir- regular fri
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 252 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM commissure, anterior surface thickly beset with minute pores; free margin of snout with small, indistinct plicae; eye in midlength of head, 4 in head, in snout, and 2 in the slightly convex interorbital space; mouth strongly arched, its width equal to eye, its posterior angle in advance of vertical from nostrils; upper lip narrow centrally, wide and thickened laterally, where it is uncovered by the rostral fold, its posterior expanded end, occupying a deep groove, bearing an ir- regular fringe; lower lip thick, its free margin with a row of widely spaced conical papillae and several inner rows of minute papillae, the lateral parts of the lip covered by the upper lip, the deep post- labial grooves nearly meeting centrally; a pair of minute rostral bar- bels and a pair of well-developed flat maxillary barbels concealed in the lateral groove; branchial openings extending to a point posterior to eyes, isthmus wider than eye; gill rakers very short, slender, and Figure 46.—Labeo indramontri, new species: Type ( No. 107964). Drawn by- Mrs. Alice C. Mullen. Squamation: Tube-bearing scales of lateral line 43; scales in trans- verse series from origin of dorsal of base of ventrals ; preclorsal scales 15; scales around narrowest part of caudal peduncle 20. Fins: Origin of dorsal fin over tenth scale of lateral line, midway between tip of snout and middle of base of anal fin; dorsal margin concave, its rays ii, 11, the first branched ray shorter than head; caudal longer than head, deeply forked, the lobes pointed, central rays one- third length of outer; anal rays iii, 5, the first branched ray in head; ventrals and pectorals subequal, in head, pectoral rays i, 14. Coloration: Back and top of head light olive; below whitish; ob- scure narrow dark longitudinal stripes on back and sides following rows of scales; anterior margin of dors
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