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of head, not reaching ventral which is inserted below middle of 

 dorsal. Caudal forked, with long pointed lobes ; caudal peduncle 14- 

 times to twice as long as deep. Scales 56-59, lat. tr. 14 ^_ 16j . ; 9 to 10 

 rows of scales between lateral line and root of ventral, 30 rows round 

 caudal peduncle. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), brown above, yellowish below ; 

 scales on sides and upper part of body with numerous minute dark 

 specks. 



One specimen, 173 mm. in length, from Gamka River, Cape 

 Province. 



Three specimens, ranging from 158-171 mm. in length, from 

 Grobelaars River, Cape Province. 



Three specimens, ranging from 200-228 mm. in length, from Alice, 

 Tyumi River, Cape Province. 



14. LABEO STENNINGI, n. sp. 



Depth of body 4f times in total length excluding caudal, length of 

 head 4^,, times. Width of head a little more than 2- its length ; snout 

 rounded and feebly projecting, shorter than postocular portion of 

 head and 2 T 7 (T times in length of head ; eye lateral, nearer to point of 

 snout than to gill-opening, 6 times in length of head and nearly 3-1- 



t;. 31. Labeo stenningi. ;j. 



times in interorbital width ; mouth small, its width, with lips, T "\, 

 length of head ; lips feebly developed, upper lip with a short 

 fringe of papillae on upper edge, lower lip with a fringe of papillae on 

 lower margin ; rostral flap entire, slightly emarginate. Two incon- 

 spicuous barbels on each side, posterior slightly longer than anterior 

 and slightly more than ^ diameter of eye. 



