LABEO. 



315 



little shorter than head, not roachiiii^ ventral, which is inserted helow 

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

 1^ to lA times as long as deep. Scales 40-41 -^^, 4-5 between lateral 

 line and ventral, 18-22 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown 

 above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 2GU millim. 



Limpopo System. 



1-4. Typos. Klein Lrtaha, tributary of 



Olifant K., Transvaal. 

 5. Ad. Dwaars R., Transvaal. 



Mr. (\ Grant ((!.); 



C. D. Undd, Es(i. (P.). 

 Dr. J.D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



10. ].AP,EO VELlPEPi. 



lioulcng. Ann. ]\Ius. Congo, Zool. i. }). 34, pi. xvi. (li^Ub), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 211 (llH)l). 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 2^ to 2f times in total length. 

 Head 4 to 4^ times in total length, nearly as broad as long ; snout broad, 

 rounded; eye perfectly lateral, in middle of head, 4h to 5 times in length 



Fis. 236. 



Labeo velifer. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



of head, 4 to 4J times in interorbital width ; widtli of moutli, with li[)s, 

 nearly half length of head ; lips witli ))lica3 on inner surface, upper 

 entire, lower with papillic forming a fringe; edge of rostral flap 

 denticulate; no barbel; snout wilh numerous tubercles. Dorsal 111 

 12-13, equally distant from head and from caudal, very convex, longest 

 rays much longer than head. Anal II 5, extending much beyond root 



