. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 20^ nostrils and from caudal, border very feebly notched, longest ray as long as head. Anal II 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral, the first ray of which falls below the seventh of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 37 If, 4 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, whitish beneath ; fins dark. Total length 190 millim. South Cam
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 20^ nostrils and from caudal, border very feebly notched, longest ray as long as head. Anal II 5, reaching root of caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching ventral, the first ray of which falls below the seventh of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 37 If, 4 between lateral line and ventral, 16 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, whitish beneath ; fins dark. Total length 190 millim. South Cameroon. 1. Type. Kiibi R. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Distinguished from L. cyclorhynclms by the lower dorsal with fewer branched rays (10 instead of 11 or 12). Fig. Laheo rocadasi. Type. i. 24 a. LABEO ROCADASI. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 544. Body moderately compressed, its depth equal to or a little less than length of head, 4 to 4| times in total length. Head 1| to If times as long as broad; snout rounded or obtusely pointed, strongly projecting, more or less swollen, often with a more or less distinct curved transverse groove above, its length J, or a little more than ^, length of head (a little less in the young); eye small, supero-lateral, 4 (young) to 6 times in length of head; interorbital width f to \ length of head; width of mouth |, or a little less than \, length of head; lips strongly developed,. 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). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Museum (Natural History)
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