360 



Annul* of tlif South African- 



each side, the anterior $ diameter of eye, the posterior f. Dorsal 

 profile nearly straight. 



Dorsal iii 9 ; equally distant from nostrils and from root of 

 caudal, border concave ; longest ray nearly as long as head. Anal n 

 5; not reaching caudal. Pectoral about as long as head, not 

 reaching ventral ; base of latter below 3rd or 4th branched ray of 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply notched, crescentic, with pointed lobes ; 



FIG. 28. Litbeo nibromaculatiis. -jj. 



caudal peduncle ly 1 ^ times as long as deep. Scales 43 ^*, 6^ between 

 lateral line and root of ventral, 20 round caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), dark olive-bvown above, silvery 

 beneath ; tail of a greenish tinge ; scales dark at the base. 



When alive, 6 or 8 gold-red spots are said to be present on the 

 body, but these fade rapidly after death. The fish is reported to 

 attain a length of 2 feet. 



One specimen, 243 mm. in length, from M'fongosi, Zululand 

 (W. E. Jones). 



12. LABEO CAPENSIS, A. Smith. 



Abrostomus capensis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Africa, Fish., pi. xii., 

 tig. 2 (1841). 



Labco tenuirostris, Steind., Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii., i., 1894, p. 459, 

 pi. v., tig. 2. 



Labeo capensis, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (7), xii., 1903, p. 362, 

 and Cat. Fresh. Fish. Africa, i., p. 340 (1909). 



