528 



CYPEINID^. 



9th of dorsal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle deeper than 

 long. Scales 39 '^, 5 between lateral line and root of ventral. 20 round 

 caudal peduncle. ° Uniform brownish above, whitish beneath. 



Fig. 246. 



X. 



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Labeo faldpinnis. 

 Type (A. M. C). \. 



Total length 460 raillim. 



Congo. — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



1. One of tbe types. New Antwerp, Upper Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 



2. Ad. Monsembe, „ Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



23. LABEO KIRKII. 

 Labeo forskalii, part., Giinth. Oat. Fish. vii. p. 50 (1868). 

 Labeo kirkii, Boxileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xii. 1903, p. 360. 



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

 4 times in total length. Head f as broad as long ; snout obtusely 

 pointed, strongly projecting, with a strong curved transverse groove 

 above, its length ^ that of head ; eye supero-lateral, 6 times in length of 

 head, 2^ times in interorbital Avidth ; width of mouth, with lips, f length 

 of bead; lips strongly developed, upper straight-edged, lower expanded 

 and bordered in front by a fringe of papillae, the posterior border 

 festooned ; inner surface of lips with small papillae forming numerous 

 transverse plicae ; rostral flap large, with denticulate edge ; snout with 

 crater-like scars of large tubercles. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from 

 nostrils and from caudal, upper edge concave, longest ray a little longer 



