. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 100 NANDID^. 1. POLYCENTROPSIS ABBREVIATA. Bouleng. 1. c. pi. iii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 34. Depth of body twice in total length, length of head 2J to 2J times. vSnout acutely pointed, chin projecting ; eye as long as or a little longer than snout or iriterorbital width, nearly 3 to o^^ times in length of head; maxillary extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; 6 to 9 series of scales on the cheek. 9 to 11 gill-rakers on lower part of
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 100 NANDID^. 1. POLYCENTROPSIS ABBREVIATA. Bouleng. 1. c. pi. iii. fig. 2 ; Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Philom. (9) ix. 1907, p. 34. Depth of body twice in total length, length of head 2J to 2J times. vSnout acutely pointed, chin projecting ; eye as long as or a little longer than snout or iriterorbital width, nearly 3 to o^^ times in length of head; maxillary extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; 6 to 9 series of scales on the cheek. 9 to 11 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch, shorter than gill-laminae. Dorsal XV-X VII 9-11; spines increasing in length to the fourth or fifth and decreasing from the seventh or eighth, longest ^ length of head and a little longer than soft rays. Anal IX-XII 8-9. Pectoral J length of head. Ventral longer, produced into a filament, extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal Fiff. 71. Polycentropsis ahhreviata. Type (P. Z. S. 1901). truncate. Caudal peduncle extremely short. Scales 31-35 jyr[9 J lateral line 4-6. Pinkish brown, uniform or marbled with darker; spinous dorsal and anal dark brown, with darker and lighter spots and edged with black ; ventrals blackish; soft dorsal and anal, and caudal white, blackish, edged with pink, at the base. Total length 80 millim. Lagos, ^iger, Ogowe. 1. Type. 2. Skel. 3-6. Ad. & hgr, 7. Yg. 8. Ad. 9-10. Ad. 11. Hgr. Mouth of Ethiop R., Niger Delta. » >) s> Oguta, Low. Niger. Abo, „ Assay, Low. Nio'er. Laoos. Dr. W. J. Ansorge(C.). J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). Mr. J. Arnold (P.). Sir A. Moloney (P.).. 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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