LABEO. 



315 



little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below 

 middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched, crescentic. Caudal peduncle 

 H to li times as long as deep. Scales 40-41 ^-^, 4-5 between lateral 

 line and ventral, 18-22 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown 

 above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 260 millim. 



Limpopo System. 



1-4. Types. Klein Lctaba, tributary of 



Olifant R., Transvaal. 

 5. Ad. Dwaars R., Transvaal. 



Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; 



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

 Dr. J.D. F. Gilchrist (P.), 



10. LABEO VELIFER. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 34, pi. xvi. (1898), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 211 (]901). 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 2^ to 2|- times in total length. 

 Head 4 to 4J times in total length, nearly as broad as long ; snout broad, 

 rounded; eye perfectly lateral, in middle of head, 4J to 5 times in length 



Fi^. 236. 



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Labeo velifer. 

 Type (A. M. C). i- 



of head, 4 to 4J times in interorbital width ; width of mouth, with lips, 

 nearly half length of head ; lips with plicas on inner surface, upper 

 entire, lower with papilte forming a fringe ; edge of rostral flap 

 denticulate; no barbel; snout with numerous tubercles. Dorsal III 

 12-13, equally distant from head and from caudal, very convex, longest 

 rays much longer than head. Anal II 5, extending much beyond root 



