Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . unded, projecting very little beyond mouth ; eyesupero-lateral, in middle of head, 3 (young) to \.\ times in length ofhead, 1^ to 2§ times in interorbital width; width of mouth, with lips,If times in length of head ; lips feebly fringed, with feeble plicae on theinner surface ; rostral flap feebly denticulate; a small barbel, nearlyhidden in folds of skin; small tubercles on sides of snout. Dorsal III11-12, equally distant from eye and from caudal, upper border concave,longest ray If- times length of head.
Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . unded, projecting very little beyond mouth ; eyesupero-lateral, in middle of head, 3 (young) to \.\ times in length ofhead, 1^ to 2§ times in interorbital width; width of mouth, with lips,If times in length of head ; lips feebly fringed, with feeble plicae on theinner surface ; rostral flap feebly denticulate; a small barbel, nearlyhidden in folds of skin; small tubercles on sides of snout. Dorsal III11-12, equally distant from eye and from caudal, upper border concave,longest ray If- times length of head. Anal 111 5, reaching root ofcaudal. Pectoral not reaching ventral, the first ray of which falls below4th branched ray of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched, crescentic. Caudalpeduncle as long as deep. Scales 35-38 ^f, 4 between lateral line androot of caudal, 16 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, greyishbeneath, each scale with a crimson spot; vertical fins dark grey. Young LABEO. &XJ yellowish, with dark brown spots and marblings, and with black markingson the fins. Fig. Labeo (A. M. (J.), f Total length 1G0 millim. Upper Congo.—Type in Congo Museum, Yg. Monsembe. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 22. LABEO faJcifer (non C. & V.), Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 35, pi. xvii. fig. 2 (1898), anil Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 215 (1901).Labeo falcipinnis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 3(10. Body strongly 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. D
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