LABEO. 



315 



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

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

 If to lJj times as long as deep. Scales 40-41 -^p, 4-5 between lateral 

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

 above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 260 millitn. 



Limpopo System. 



1-4. Types. Klein Letaba, tributary of 



Olifant R., Transvaal. 

 5. Ad. Dwaars R., Transvaal. 



Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; 



0. D. Rndd, 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 (1901). 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 2f to 2f times in total length. 

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

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



Fur. 236. 



Labeo velifer. 

 Type (A. M. C). 



1 



3" 



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

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

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

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

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

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



