330 CYPRINID.^. 



Ill 10, a little nearer root of caudal than end of snout, notched, 

 longest ray as long as head. Anal II 5. Pectoral as long as head, 

 not reaching base of ventral, the first ray of which falls under 4th 

 branched ray of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 1| 

 times as long as deep. Scales 35 yL 4 between lateral line and root 

 of ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive, belly whitish. 



Total length 250 millim. 



Lukula River, Upper Congo. — Type in Brussels Museum. 



29. LABEO ANNECTEXS. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, i. p. 23, ph ii. fior. 1. 



Body moderately compressed, its depth nearly equal to length of head, 

 4 J to 5 times in total length. Head 1\ to 1^ times as long as broad ; 

 snout rounded or rather pointed, strongly projecting beyond mouth ; 

 eye supero-lateral, in second half of head, 5 to 7 times in length of head, 

 2J to 3J times in interorbital width ; width of mouth, with lips, ^ to 

 f length of head; rostral flai) and posterior border of lip feebly 



T\r. 253. 





Labeo annectenx. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 10(13). f 



denticulated ; inner surface of lips with numerous feeble, transverse 

 plicee ; a small barbel hidden in folds of skin ; snout with numerous 

 tubercles. Dorsal 111 10 (rarely 9 or 11), equally distant from end of 

 snout and from caudal, strongly notched ; longest ray equal to length of 

 head or a little longer. Anal II 5 ; longest ray | length of head. 

 Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, 



