. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. MASTACEMBELUS. 1127 Than eye; mouth extending to below anterior third or centre of eye; no prteorbital or prteopercular spines. Dorsal XXX-XXXIIl 80-90 ; spines extremely short, last scarcely longer than eye; distance between first spine and head f to | length of head. Anal II 80-90. Caudal rnunded-subacuminate. Pectoral A length of head. Scales very small, 10 to 18 between origin of soft dorsal and lateral line; latter formed of a few tubules widely separated from one anothe
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. MASTACEMBELUS. 1127 Than eye; mouth extending to below anterior third or centre of eye; no prteorbital or prteopercular spines. Dorsal XXX-XXXIIl 80-90 ; spines extremely short, last scarcely longer than eye; distance between first spine and head f to | length of head. Anal II 80-90. Caudal rnunded-subacuminate. Pectoral A length of head. Scales very small, 10 to 18 between origin of soft dorsal and lateral line; latter formed of a few tubules widely separated from one another. Brown or olive above, with dark spots or marblings and a vertebral series of small black spots ; a regular series of round or squarish dark brown spots on each side of the back, sometimes confluent into a wavy band ; yellowish on the sides, with a more or less distinct brown network ; dorsal and anal fins spotted with brown. Total length 320 millim. South Cameroon. 1-5. Types. 6-12. AJ. 13. Skcl. Ja R. at Buye. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Eiff. Madacembclus batesii. Type. 16. MASTACEMBELUS MOOEII. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 22, pi. vii. iig. 1^ Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 193 (1901), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 575. Depth of body 14 times in total length, length of head 7^ times. Vent equally distant from end of snout and from caudal, its distance from head 2J to 3 times length of latter. Snout 3 times as long as eye, ending in an appendage which is a little longer than the eye ; mouth extending to below centre of eye ; no prasorbital or prseopercular 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, George Albert, 1858-1937. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]
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