LABEO. 



129 



than head. Anal III 5, neaily reaching root of caudal. Pectoral as 

 long as hear], not reaching ventral, the first ray of which falls below 4th 

 branched ray of dorsal. Caudal deeply emarghiate. Caudal peduncle 



i'jg. 247. 



■'^if=«»'»=... 





if V N' ** 'V\/\/ \/ \ ' \ y, / '' /■ V r 



Labeo Tcirkii, 

 Type. i. 



6— 



a little longer than deep. Scales 39 ,^, 4 between lateral line and root 

 of ventral, 22 round caudal peduncle. Dark brown above, lighter 

 beneath. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Rovuma River, East Africa. 

 1. Type. Kovuma II. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



24. LABEO FOPSKALTT. 



Cyprlnus niloticns, var. h, Forsktil, Descr. Anim. }). 71 (1775). 



Labeo for skalii, Riipp. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 18, pi. iii. fig. 1 (1835) ; (Juv. & Vul. 



Hist. Poiss. xvi. p. 343 (1842) ; Heckel, Russegger's Raise Egypt, iii. p. 301, 



pi. XX. fig. 2 (1846) ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 176, pi. xxvii. fig. 2 & pi. xxxi. 



fig. 3 (11)07). 

 Labeo for skalii, part., Giintli. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 50 (1868), and Petherick's Trav. ii. 



p. 260 (186<)). 



Body more or less compressed, its depth 3 J to 4 J times in total length. 

 Head 4 to 5 times in total length, its width f to f its lengtb ; snout 

 rounded, strongly projecting, more or less swollen, often with a more or 

 less distinct curved transverse groove above, its length about half, or a 



