314 



CTPEINIDjE. 



deep. Scales 38-40 6 f3-x, 4-5 between lateral line and root of caudal, 

 16-18 round caudal peduncle. Olive-brown above, lighter beneath. 



Total length 390 millim. 



Lake Nyassa and Shire River. 



1. Skin. type. 



2. Ad., skin. 



3. Yg., skin. 

 •A. Ad., skin. 



5-6. Ad. 



7. Ad. 



8. Ad. 



Pomolombe Lake, near 



Lake Nyassa. 

 Shire River. 



Upper Shire River. 



Lake Nyassa. 



Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



Dr. C. Livingstone (C). 

 Sir J. Kirk (P.). 

 A. Whyte, Esq. (C.) ; 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Dr. Percy Randall (C.) ; 



Sir H. H. Johnston (P.). 

 Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C ). 

 Capt. E. L. Rhoades (P.). 



9. LABEO RUDDT. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 392. 



Body strongly compressed, its depth of to 4j times in total length. 

 Plead 4^ to 4| times in total length; snout rounded, 3- length of head ; 



Fig. 235. 



m 





Labeo ruddi. 

 Dwaars R. i. 



eye perfectly lateral, 4£ to 5 times in length of head; interorbital width 

 ^ length of head ; width of mouth, with lips, 3^ times in length of 

 head ; both lips with a fringe of conical papillse ; edge of rostral flap 

 entire ; barbels absent or very minute ; tubercles on snout small and 

 few, if present. Dorsal III 9-10, equally distant from anterior border 

 of eye and from caudal, upper edge concave, longest ray as long as or a 

 little longer than head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral a 



