. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 20G ADDENDA, VOL. 1. length of head, supero-lateral, a little nearer to gill-opening than to end of snout, If times in interorbital width; Avidtli of mouth, with lips, twice in length of head ; upper lip with feeble denticulation, inner surface with feeble transverse plicae; lower lip with a row of papillse on upper border, posterior border festooned ; rostral flap detached at sides, feebly denticulated; anterior nostril Avith a flap; a single barbel on each side, yo diameter of eye, more or less conceale
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 20G ADDENDA, VOL. 1. length of head, supero-lateral, a little nearer to gill-opening than to end of snout, If times in interorbital width; Avidtli of mouth, with lips, twice in length of head ; upper lip with feeble denticulation, inner surface with feeble transverse plicae; lower lip with a row of papillse on upper border, posterior border festooned ; rostral flap detached at sides, feebly denticulated; anterior nostril Avith a flap; a single barbel on each side, yo diameter of eye, more or less concealed under folds of skin; a deep, curved, transverse depression in front of nostrils, and behind it a line of pearl-like tubercles; a patch of similar tubercles, disposed in two rows of 4 and 2, on end of snout, with a similar patcli adjoining on each side. Dorsal III 9, equally distant from nostrils and from root of caudal, border concave ; longest ray slightly longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral i length of head, not Fig. 129. Laheo parvulus. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, witli acutely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle Ij times as long as deep. Scales 35 y|, 3J between lateral line and ventral, 1-i round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown, darker above than below ; a yellowish l)atch on occiput and an orange blotch on throat and on lower opercular border ; a darkish lateral streak in life. Total length 72 millim. Crocodile R., Transvaal.—Type in S. African ^lus um, Cape Town. 30. LABEO CliAUIENSIlS, IVlK-r. IMl.'gr. Toiss. Bass. Tcliail, p. 87, pi. viii. (IDU). Add :— 1-5. Ad. & ligr. reramie l\., Gold Coast. Dr. U. G. F. tilpurrcll (P.).. 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 Boulenger, George A
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