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Title: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937
Subjects: British Museum (Natural History) Fishes Freshwater animals
Publisher: London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co., B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co., and at the British Museum (Natural History)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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) M )i 15. Ad. Hannek, Third Cataract. )> 1G-23. Hgr. & yg. Khartum. J. Petherick, Esq. ((!.), 24. Hgr. Sennar, Blue Nile. L. Loat, Esq. (C.j. 25. Yg. Mouth of Lake No, White Nile. ;> 26. Hgr. Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. J. Petherick, Esq. ((!.). 27. Yg. » » L. Loat, Esq. (0.). LABEO. 319 28. Ad. 29-31. Ad. & yg. 32. Yg. 33. Ad.34-35. Yg.36-41. Yg.42-44. Hgr. & yg.45-46. Hgr. Fajao, Victoria Nile. McCarthy Id., Gambia. Jebba, Upper Niger. Mureji, Abo, Lower Niger. Agberi, Benue R., N. of Ibi. Warri, Old Calabar. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). Dr. C. Christy (P.). J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). H. L. Norton Traill, Esq. (C).Miss Kingsley (C). 13. LABEO CONGORO.Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 683, and Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 45, pi. ix. (1868).General proportions and structure of mouth as in L. coubie. DorsalIV 11, longest rays about once and \ length of head. Scales 38-39 *!f, Pig. 239.
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Labeo congoro.Type, after Peters (Reise Mossamb.). \. 4J between lateral line and root of caudal, 16 round caudal peduncle.Golden above, darker on the back, silvery white beneath; dorsal bluishblack, anal and caudal reddish black. Total length 330 rnillim. Zambesi.—Types in Berlin Museum. 520 CYPEINIDJE. 14. LABEO NEUMANNI.Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, ii. p. 329, pi. xxix. Body strongly compressed, its depth 3£ to of times in total length.Head 4-g- to 4f times in total length, 1^ to lg- times as long as broad ;snout rounded, its length ; to a little less than \ that of head ; eyeperfectly lateral, 4-g- to 5^ times in length of head; interorbital width \length of head ; width of mouth, with lips, •§■ to \ length of head ; lipswith small papillae forming transverse plicas ; lower lip with a fringeof conical papillae ; rostral flap large, with denticulate edge ; a minutebarbel in the corner of the mouth, hidden under folds of skin. Dorsal Pig. 240.

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