Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . trongly compressed, its depth 3 to 4 times in total 4 times in total length, its width § its length ; snout rounded,a little swollen at the end; eye in second half of head, supero-lateral,4 to 5 times in length of head, 2^ to 3 times in interorbital width ; widthof mouth, with lips, f or ^ length of head ; lips with a marginal fringeof papilla?, and with transverse plicae on inner surface; edge of rostralflap strongly denticulate ; a small barbel hidden under folds of skin ;large spinose tubercl
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . trongly compressed, its depth 3 to 4 times in total 4 times in total length, its width § its length ; snout rounded,a little swollen at the end; eye in second half of head, supero-lateral,4 to 5 times in length of head, 2^ to 3 times in interorbital width ; widthof mouth, with lips, f or ^ length of head ; lips with a marginal fringeof papilla?, and with transverse plicae on inner surface; edge of rostralflap strongly denticulate ; a small barbel hidden under folds of skin ;large spinose tubercles on snout. Dorsal III ]1, falciform, equallydistant from anterior border of eye and from caudal, longest ray If timeslength of head. Anal III 5, reaching beyond root of caudal. Pectoralas long as head, not quite reaching ventral, the first ray of which is below 323 Oth of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle deeper thanlono- Scales 39 Z^rk, 5 between lateral line and root of ventral, 20 roundcaudal peduncle. Uniform brownish above, whitish beneath. Eig. Labeo fu (A. M. C). \. Total length 460 millim. Congo.—Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. One of the types. 2. Ad. New Antwerp, Upper , ,, Capt. Wilverth (C).Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 23. LABEO KIRKIL Labeo forskalii, part., Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 50 (1868).Labeo kirtcii, Bonleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 360. Body moderately compressed, its depth equal to length of head and4 times in total length. Head -| as broad as long; snout obtuselypointed, strongly projecting, with a strong curved transverse grooveabove, its length \ that of head; eye supero-lateral, 6 times in length ofhead, 1\ times in interorbital width ; width of mouth, with lips, -f lengthof head; lips strongly developed, upper straight-edged, lower expandedand bordered in front by a fringe of papillae, the posterior borderfestooned; inner surface of lips with small papilla? forming numerous
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