. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 208 ADDENDA, VOL. I. Distinguished from L. obscurus by the smaller eye and one scale more in a transverse series above the lateral line. 33. LABEO UMBRATUS, A. Smith. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Ah: Mus. xi. 1913, p. 362. 33 a. LABEO STENNINGI. Gilchrist & Thompson, t. c. p. 363, fig. Depth of body 4f times in total length, length of head 4yg times. Width of head a little more than f its length ; snout rounded and feebly projecting, sh
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 208 ADDENDA, VOL. I. Distinguished from L. obscurus by the smaller eye and one scale more in a transverse series above the lateral line. 33. LABEO UMBRATUS, A. Smith. Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Ah: Mus. xi. 1913, p. 362. 33 a. LABEO STENNINGI. Gilchrist & Thompson, t. c. p. 363, fig. Depth of body 4f times in total length, length of head 4yg times. Width of head a little more than f its length ; snout rounded and feebly projecting, shorter than postocnlar part of head and 2-^q times in length of head; eye lateral, nearer to end of snout than to gill-opening, 64 times in length of head and nearly 3^ times in interorbital width; mouth small, its width, with lips, -x% length of head; lips feebly deve- loped, upper with a short fringe of papilla? on lower margin; rostral Vie. Labeo stenningi. Type (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.). f. flap entire, slightly emarginate ; two inconspicuous barbels on each side, posterior slightly longer than anterior and slightly more thad ^ diameter of Dorsal III 9, equidistant from nostrils and from root of caudal, upper border slightly concave; longest branched ray 4 length of head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral nearly f length of head, not reaching ventral; first ray of latter below 4th branched ray of dorsal, Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 1-| times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 60 ^i, 7^ between lateral line and root of ventral, 28 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, dark above, lighter below the lateral line. Total length 190 millim. Potchefstroom, Transvaal.—Type in S. African Museum, Cape 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 British Museum (Natural History
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