. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 286 SILUMDiE. 91-93. AJ. & hgr. 94. Yg. 95. Yg. 96-97. Yg., types o£ E. obtusirost ris. Cameroon. Ogowe. Banzyville, Ubanglii. Mr. Salmin (C ). Miss Kingsley (C). Royaux (C). 4. EUTROPIUS GRENFELLI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 137, pi. 1. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 270 (1901) ; Pellegr. in Chevalier, Afr. C. Franc, p. 449 (1907), and Bud. Soc. Philom. (9) x. 1908, p. 187. Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 5 to 5^ t
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. 286 SILUMDiE. 91-93. AJ. & hgr. 94. Yg. 95. Yg. 96-97. Yg., types o£ E. obtusirost ris. Cameroon. Ogowe. Banzyville, Ubanglii. Mr. Salmin (C ). Miss Kingsley (C). Royaux (C). 4. EUTROPIUS GRENFELLI. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 137, pi. 1. fig. 1 (1900), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 270 (1901) ; Pellegr. in Chevalier, Afr. C. Franc, p. 449 (1907), and Bud. Soc. Philom. (9) x. 1908, p. 187. Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 5 to 5^ times. Head If to 1^ times as long as broad; snout broad, projecting slightly beyond mouth, as long as or a little longer than eye ; latter perfectly lateral, 3-§- to 4 times in length of head, 1^ to 2 times in interorbital width ; width of mouth equal to interorbital width ; vomero- palatine teeth forming an uninterrupted band, which is as broad as or a little narrower than the band of prasmaxillary teeth. Nasal barbel ^ to Fig. Ewlropius grenfelli. Type (A. M. C). | \ length of head, maxillary barbel f to •§ ; inner mandibular barbel ^ to \ length of outer, which measures f to % length of head. Gill-rakers moderately long, widely set, 7 to 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, partly in advance of ventrals, If to 2 times as distant from caudal as from end of snout; its spine slender, feebly serrated behind, as long as head, produced into a filament. Anal 52-53, 4 anterior rays simple, the following gradually decreasing in length. Pectoral reaching ventral, its spine feebly serrated on inner side and stronger. 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
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