. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology . CLUPEOID FISHES OF THE GUI ANAS in. along both upper and lower parts of gill-arches (Figure 40) ; the short inner arms of fourth arch not recurved but directed posteriorly, with no channel formed ; gill- rakers absent on posterior face of 3rd epibranchial. Gill filaments about half length ' of corresponding gillrakers but becoming progressively shorten towards angle of arch ; those of outer hemibranch about half length of inner hemibranch filaments. Pseudo- branch present, exposed, in length nearly 1-5 eye diameters, wi
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology . CLUPEOID FISHES OF THE GUI ANAS in. along both upper and lower parts of gill-arches (Figure 40) ; the short inner arms of fourth arch not recurved but directed posteriorly, with no channel formed ; gill- rakers absent on posterior face of 3rd epibranchial. Gill filaments about half length ' of corresponding gillrakers but becoming progressively shorten towards angle of arch ; those of outer hemibranch about half length of inner hemibranch filaments. Pseudo- branch present, exposed, in length nearly 1-5 eye diameters, with 30-35 filaments. Epibranchial organs present, large. Dorsal fin origin nearer to caudal base than to snout by 075-1-0 eye diameter ; bases of finrays invested in high sheath of scales ; tip of longest ray not reaching tip of final ray when fin depressed. Pectoral fin tips failing to reach pelvic base by half eye diameter ; first unbranched ray broad, forming an expanded horizontal plate ; axillary scale present, three-quarters length of fin, its lower edge folded outwards to :over upper surface of 1st unbranched finray when fin depressed ; proximal half. 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). London : BM(NH)
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