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eye lateral, 4^- to 5f times in length of head; width of mouth, with 

 lips, 3 to 3i times in length of head ; both lips with a fringe of 

 conical papillae; edge of rostral flap entire ; a small posterior barbel; 

 no tubercles on snout. 



Dorsal iii 9 ; equally distant from snout and base of caudal, upper 

 edge concave, longest branched ray as long as or a little longer than 

 head. Anal iii 5 ; not reaching caudal. Pectoral about as long as 

 head, not reaching ventral, which is situated below middle of dorsal. 

 Caudal deeply notched ; caudal peduncle li to 1|- times as long as 

 deep. Scales 40-41, lat. tr. 8 |f ) - i ; 4 to 4i rows of scales between 

 lateral line and base of ventral, 20-21 rows round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), dark olive-brown above, whitish 

 below ; body and head covered with numerous dark specks. 



Three specimens, 129 mm., 205 mm., 231 mm. in length respec- 

 tively, from Dwaars River, Transvaal. Pretoria Museum. 



9. LABEO ROS.E, Stndr. 



Labco rose?, Steind., Sitz. Ak. Wien, ciii., i., 1894, p. 457, pi. v., 

 fig. 1 ; and Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Fish. Afr., i., p. 312, fig. 234 (1909). 



Labeo transvaalensis, Methuen, Ann. Trans. Mus., 1911, p. 251, 

 cum fig. 



FIG. -2(5. Labeo rome 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 3 to 3| times in total 

 length. Head 4| times in total length, its width nearly f its 



