. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 88 shorter than lieacl, not reaching ventral; hitter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about IJ times as long as deep. Scales fig. Barhus (janauensU. Type, after Vijicigiierra (7. c). longitudinally striated, 30 '^f, 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. Total length 117 millim. Ganana and Auata Rivers, Somaliland.—Types in Genoa Museum. 18. BAHBUS OREAS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (7) x
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. 88 shorter than lieacl, not reaching ventral; hitter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle about IJ times as long as deep. Scales fig. Barhus (janauensU. Type, after Vijicigiierra (7. c). longitudinally striated, 30 '^f, 2^ between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brownish above, silvery beneath. Total length 117 millim. Ganana and Auata Rivers, Somaliland.—Types in Genoa Museum. 18. BAHBUS OREAS. Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (7) x. 1902, p. 4,32. Depth of body equal to or slightly greater than length of head, of to 4 times in total length. Snout rounded, 3 to oj times in length of head; eye 3J (young) to 5J times in length of head, interorbital width 2f to 3 times; mouth inferior, its width 4 to 4J times in length of head; lips much developed, lower continuous across the chin, forming a rounded median lobe; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye or slightly longer, posterior 1^ to IJ diameters of eye (not longer than eye in very young). Dorsal IV 8 (rarely 9), equally distant from eye and from root of caudal, border concave; last simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, ^ to f length of head (as long as head in very young). Anal 111 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | to J length of head, not reaching ventral; base of latter below anterior rays of 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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