. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 20 GOHIID-E. r>5, â )(;. 57. Ad. .')8. Ad. no. H"r. Gaboon. Cliiloango H. ncMr Leila. Luculla K., Ciiiloiiiijio. Lidon>;o R. lU'ar Caliiiida, Portujifiiese (_'oi»"o. ])r. AV. J. Ansorgp (C). i;i. ELKOTKIS JloNTKIKI. O'Sliau-hii. Aim. it JMag. N. H. (-4) .w. 1«75, \k 117. Body not or bul feebly compvesseJ, ils depth 4 to 5 tiini.'s in total leiij,'th; length of head 3 to 3^- times. Head longer than broad, scaly above from between the eyes; a groove on each side beliind the eye ; clie
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 20 GOHIID-E. r>5, â )(;. 57. Ad. .')8. Ad. no. H"r. Gaboon. Cliiloango H. ncMr Leila. Luculla K., Ciiiloiiiijio. Lidon>;o R. lU'ar Caliiiida, Portujifiiese (_'oi»"o. ])r. AV. J. Ansorgp (C). i;i. ELKOTKIS JloNTKIKI. O'Sliau-hii. Aim. it JMag. N. H. (-4) .w. 1«75, \k 117. Body not or bul feebly compvesseJ, ils depth 4 to 5 tiini.'s in total leiij,'th; length of head 3 to 3^- times. Head longer than broad, scaly above from between the eyes; a groove on each side beliind the eye ; clieek naked or with a few scales; operculum more or less scaly ; snout broad, rounded, as long as or a little longer than eye, the diameter of which is o\ to 7 times in length of head, 1^ to 2 times in interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to below centre or posterior border of eye ; no canine teetli ; a strong antrorse spine at angle of pneoperculum. Dorsals VI, I 8, narrowly separated from each other, longest rays \ to f length of head. Anal I 8, its origin a little beliind that of dorsal. Pectoral f to | length of head, longer than ventral. Candal rounded, shorter than head. Caudal peduncle twice as lung as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, (i()-7() in longitudinal series, 19-22 between dorsal and anal. Brown, with rather indistnict darker I-'ilT. Kleotris nwiiteifi. Type. spots, with or without a dark lateral band ; fins purplish with numerous small dark and light spots; first dorsal blackish towards the upper border, which is whitish. Total length 230 millim. "NN'est Africa, from Spanish (iuinea to Angola. !. 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 Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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