310 



CTPRINID.E. 



or a little deeper than long. Scales 36-39 §p||, 31-41 between lateral 

 line and root of ventral, 16-18 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, 

 yellowish beneath, with or without pink streaks along the series of 

 scales ; fins grey. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Zambesi, Lake Nyassa, Lake Bangwelu.— Type in Berlin Museum. 



Mr. f;. Grant (C); 



G. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.). 

 R. MacDonald, Esq. (P.). 

 C. B. C. Storey, Esq. (P.). 

 Sir J. Kirk (P.). 

 F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



1-3. Yg. 



4. Ad. 



5-7. Ad. & hgr. 

 8, 9. Ad., skins. 

 10-13. Hgr. 



Tete, Zambesi. 



Chiromo, Shire R. 



Shire R. 



Lake Bangwelu. 



5. LABEO WEEKSII, sp. n. 

 Body strongly compressed, its depth 3 times in total length. Head 

 l| times in total length, its width f its length ; snout rounded ; 



Fig. 232. 



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Labeo weeksii. 

 Type. |. 



eye perfectly lateral, in middle of head, 3^ times in length of head, 

 If times in interorbital width; width of mouth, with lips, 2f times in 

 length of head ; both lips with several rows of conical papillae, the outer 

 forming a strong fringe ; edge of rostral flap entire; a minute barbel, 

 partly hidden under folds of skin ; scars of small tubercles on the 

 snout. Dorsal III 12, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, 



