358 AnntUx of the. SoulJi African Museum,. 



length ; snout rounded ; eye perfectly lateral, in middle of head, 

 4f times in length of head, |- interorbital width; width of mouth, 

 with lips, 3 times in length of head ; both lips with several rows 

 of conical papillae, the outer forming a fringe ; edge of rostral flap 

 entire with slight incipient crenulations ; a minute barbel, more or 

 less hidden under folds of skin ; small tubercles or their crater- 

 like scars on the snout. 



Dorsal iii 12 ; equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, 

 notched, longest ray a little longer than head. Anal iii 5 ; nearly 

 reaching root of caudal. Pectoral as long as head, not reaching 

 ventral, the first ray of which falls below 3rd or 4th branched ray 

 of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched, crescentic. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep. Scales 39 ^, 5 between lateral line and root of 

 ventral, 20 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour, grey above, silvery white beneath. 



One specimen, 245 mm. in length, from Crocodile Eiver, Eusten- 

 burg District, Transvaal. Pretoria Museum. 



It is also reported from the Limpopo System : Klein Letaba 

 River, tributary of Olifants Eiver, Transvaal. 



* 10. LABEO ALTIVELIS, Peters. 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac., 1852, p. 683, and Eeise n. Mossamb., iv., 

 p. 43, pi. viii. (1868); Bouleng., Cat. Fresh. Pish. Africa, i., 

 p. 309 (1909). 



" Body strongly compressed, its depth 3 to 3^ times in total 

 length. Head H to If times as long as broad, 4^ to 5 times in 

 total length ; snout rounded, moderately prominent ; eye perfectly 

 lateral, in middle of head, 4 to 6 times in length of head ; inter- 

 orbital width i to f length of head ; width of mouth, with 

 lips, 2^- to 3 times in length of head ; both lips with several rows 

 of papillye, those of the outer row large and sub-conical, form- 

 ing a strong fringe ; edge of rostral flap entire ; a minute barbel, 

 hidden under folds of skin ; tubercles on snout very small or 

 absent. 



Dorsal iii-iv 11-13 ; equally distant from head or eye and from 

 caudal, its upper edge convex, longest rays H to 2^- times length 

 of head. Anal iii 5 ; reaching, or nearly reaching, root of caudal. 

 Pectoral as long as head or slightly shorter, not reaching ventral, 

 the first ray of which falls below 3rd or 4th branched ray of 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply emarginate, crescentic. Caudal peduncle as 

 long as deep, or a little deeper than long. Scales 36-39 jj 



