. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. :. 201 11,(. LABEO PERCIYALT. Boiilono;. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1012, p. 075, i>l. Ixxviii. Body strongly compressed, its depth of to 3J times in total Icngtli. Head 4 to 4^ times iu total length, 1^ to 1| times as long as broad ; snout rounded, } length of head ; eye perfectly lateral, 21 (young) to 3| times iu length of iiead ; lips with small papilUe forming transverse Fig. Lahen pcrcivali. Type (r. /. S. 1912). plic;c; lower lip with a fringe of large papillm ; rostral Hap moderately larg
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. :. 201 11,(. LABEO PERCIYALT. Boiilono;. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1012, p. 075, i>l. Ixxviii. Body strongly compressed, its depth of to 3J times in total Icngtli. Head 4 to 4^ times iu total length, 1^ to 1| times as long as broad ; snout rounded, } length of head ; eye perfectly lateral, 21 (young) to 3| times iu length of iiead ; lips with small papilUe forming transverse Fig. Lahen pcrcivali. Type (r. /. S. 1912). plic;c; lower lip with a fringe of large papillm ; rostral Hap moderately large, with entire or indistinctly denticulate edge; a small barbel in the corner of the mouth. Dorsal III 10-11, equally distant from end of snout and from root of caudal, or slightly nearer the former, upper edge concave ; last simple ray in adult males much produced, twice, or nearly twice, as long as head, not or but little longer than head in females and young. Anal III 5, reaching or nearly reaching root of caudal. Pectoral considerably longer tiian head in males, reaching base of ventral, the first ray of which falls below fourth or fifth branched ray of dorsal, shorter in females. Caudal deeply emarginate, w-ith long pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle l^ to 1| times as long as deep. Scales 38-42 ^!^, 5 between lateral line and root of ventral, 18 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, back brownish grey ; vertical fins greyish. Total length 190 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 Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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