Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . & vg. Assuan. o Jo 106-115. Yg. Near Assuan. 116. Ad. Korosko, Upper Nile. ,, 117. Yg. Derr, 118. Ad. Ibrim, „ „119-120. Ad. Anebi, 121. Ad. Wady Haifa, „ 122. Ad. Kosheb, VOL. I. I 306 123, 124. Ad. & Hgr. 135-136. Ad. Khartum. Wad Medine, Blue , „ Sagan R. at Wando, 2800 R. (Omo) at Malo, 3000 ft. J. Petherick, Esq. (C).L. Loat, Esq. (C).Capt. S. Flower (P.).Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; McMillan,Esq.(P.). 2. LABEO demhens
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . & vg. Assuan. o Jo 106-115. Yg. Near Assuan. 116. Ad. Korosko, Upper Nile. ,, 117. Yg. Derr, 118. Ad. Ibrim, „ „119-120. Ad. Anebi, 121. Ad. Wady Haifa, „ 122. Ad. Kosheb, VOL. I. I 306 123, 124. Ad. & Hgr. 135-136. Ad. Khartum. Wad Medine, Blue , „ Sagan R. at Wando, 2800 R. (Omo) at Malo, 3000 ft. J. Petherick, Esq. (C).L. Loat, Esq. (C).Capt. S. Flower (P.).Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; McMillan,Esq.(P.). 2. LABEO demhensis (non Riipp.), Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvii. p. 398 (1844).Labeo horie, Heckel. Russeggers Reise Egypt, iii. p. 304, pi. xxi. fig. 1 (1846) ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 167, pi. xxviii. & pi. xxxi. fig. 1 (1907).Labeo nilotlcus, part., Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 47 (1868), and Pethericks Trav. ii. p. 259 (1869). Body strongly compressed, its depth 3^ to 4 times in total 5 to 5f times in total length in adult, 4 to 5 times in young, its Fig. Labeo Nile (F. N.). |. width § to f its length : snout broadly rounded, about ^ length of head ;eye nearly perfectly lateral, 5 to 5| times in length of head in adult,3 to 4 times in young; interorbital width ^ to f length of head; widthof mouth, with lips, 1\ to 3 times in length of head; both lips withseveral rows of papillae, those of outer row long and conical andforming a strong fringe on upper lip; edge of rostral flap entire ; aminute barbel hidden under folds of skin; tubercles on snout, or theirpore-like scars, very small or absent. Dorsal III 12-14 (usually 13),equally distant from anterior border or centre of eye and from caudal, LABEO. 307 its upper edge straight or slightly convex, anterior branched rayslongest, always longer, and often much longer, than head. Anal III 5,often reaching root of caudal. Pectoral nearly as long as or a littlelonger than head, not reaching ventral, the first r
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