104 Mr. C. T. Regan on new 



alveolus in this genus, the incisive angle is difficult to 

 measure satisfactorily. 



Dimensions of the sJntll*.— Condylo-basal length 80-8 rum. ; occipito- 

 nasal length 92 - 4 ; zygomatic breadth 56*1 ; greatest squamosal breadth 

 45-2 ; least distance between periotics on dorsal surface 12 ; nasals 

 35-3 x 21*5 ; dental length 50 - 6 ; cheek-teeth at grinding-surface 17 - 4. 



VIII. — Three now Fishes from the Tanganyika Territory. 

 By C. Tate Regan, F.R.S. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The fishes described below form part of a collection made at 

 Morogoro, Tanganyika Territory, by Mr. A. Loveridge, and 

 have been presented by him to the Natural History Museum. 



Labeo loveridgei, sp. n. 



Body compressed; depth 4 in the length; length of head 

 4^. Snout obtusely pointed, strongly projecting beyond 

 mouth, somewhat swollen, with scars of tubercles and with a 

 curved transverse groove above, its length not quite \ length 

 of head. Eyes supero-lateral ; diameter 5 in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 2£, width of mouth 2§ in length of head. 

 Inner surface of lips with transverse plica; ; lower bordered 

 in front with a fringe of papilla? ; rostral flap free at the sides, 

 its edge crenulate ; barbel minute, hidden. Dorsal 12, with 

 9 branched rays, equidistant from end of snout and base of 

 caudal; upper edge concave ; third simple and first branched 

 ray a little lunger than head. Anal 8, with 5 branched rays. 

 Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching pelvic, the first 

 ray of which is below the fourth branched ray of dorsal. 

 Caudal deeply emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^ as long as 

 deep. 38 scales in lateral line, h\ from origin of dorsal to 

 lateral line, 4 between lateral line and pelvic fin, 16 round 

 caudal peduncle. 



A single specimen, 195 mm. long. 



This species is near L.forskalii and L. cylindricus, which 

 have a wider mouth and the snout broadly rounded. 



# I am unable to give external measurements. 



