506 



CTPEINID^. 



123, 124. Ad.&jg. 

 125-130. Yg. 

 131. Yg. 

 132-134. Hgr. 



135-136. Ad. 



Khartum. 



Wad Medine, Blue Nile. 

 Rosaires, ,, 



Sagan R. at Wando, 



2800 ft. 

 Ergino R. (Omo) at Malo, 



3000 ft. 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 Capt. S. Flower (P.). 

 Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.) ; 

 W.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



2. LABEO HORIE. 



Chondrostoma dembensis (non Riipp.), Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xvii. p. 398 (1844). 

 Labeo horie, Heckel, Russegger's Reise Egypt, iii. p. 304, pi. xxi. fig. 1 (184(5) ; 



Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 167, pi. xxviii. & pi. xxxi. fig. 1 (1907). 

 Labeo niloticus, part., Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 47 (1868), and Petherick's Trav. 



ii. p. 259 (1869). 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 3^ to 4 times in total length. 

 Head 5 to 5f times in total length in adult, 4 to 5 times in young, its 



Fig. 229. 



Labeo horie. 

 Upper Nile (F. N.). |. 



width § to f its length ; snout broadly rounded, about ^ length of head ; 

 eye nearly perfectly lateral, 5 to 5| times in length of head in adult, 

 3 to 4 times in young ; interorbital width ^ to f length of head ; width 

 of mouth, with lips, 2^ to 3 times in length of head ; both lips with 

 several rows of papillge, those of outer row long and conical and 

 forming a strong fringe on upper lip ; edge of rostral flap entire ; a 

 minute barbel hidden under folds of skin ; tubercles on snout, or their 

 pore-like scars, very small or absent. Dorsal III 12-14 (usually 18), 

 equally distant from anterior border or centre of eye and from caudal. 



