. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 4-)G SILUIUD.^. distinctly margined, extending about to middle of pectoral spine; mandibular barbels with obtuse or tubercular branches, outer at least twice as long as inner. Gill-opening not extending downwards beyond root of pectoral spine. Occipito-nuchal shield rough like the occiput, obtusely tectiform, not or but slightly longer than broad, posterior pro- cesses rounded. Humeral process rugose, acutely pointed, extending as far back as occipito-nuchal process. Dorsal I 7;
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 4-)G SILUIUD.^. distinctly margined, extending about to middle of pectoral spine; mandibular barbels with obtuse or tubercular branches, outer at least twice as long as inner. Gill-opening not extending downwards beyond root of pectoral spine. Occipito-nuchal shield rough like the occiput, obtusely tectiform, not or but slightly longer than broad, posterior pro- cesses rounded. Humeral process rugose, acutely pointed, extending as far back as occipito-nuchal process. Dorsal I 7; spine nearly as long as head, striated, strongly serrated in front, with a few very feeble serrse behind. Adipose dorsal rather small, not longer than its distance from the rayed dorsal. Anal III 8-9, rounded or obtusely pointed in front. Pectoral spine strongly serrated on outer side, still more strongly on Fig. Si/nnlontiS hutesii. Type. inner. Ventral nearly reaching anal. Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle longer than deep. Brown, blotched and marbled with darker, with three broad irregular dark bands, the first below the dorsal fin, the second below the adipose, the third in front of the caudal fin ; fins pale broM n or whitish, with black spots. 'Jotal length 115 millim. Ja River (Congo System), South Cameroon. 1-8, ;i-10. Ty|,;. IVnye. G. L. Bates, Es,]. ((\). 11-12. ];?. Arl. Efiivon-. 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, Albert, 1858-1937. Codicote, Herts. [Eng : Wheldon and Wesley
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