. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. FUNBULUS. J. it 3^ times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, a little shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards; lower jaw projecting; eye 3 to 3^ times in length of head, 1^ to 1| times in interorbital width; space between eye and lip about ^ diameter of former. Dorsal 11-18, originating midway between centre or posterior border of eye and root of caudal, posterior rays produced in males, sometimes much longer than head. Anal 13-14, originating slightly in advance of dorsa
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Fishes; Freshwater animals. FUNBULUS. J. it 3^ times. Head flat above ; snout short and broad, a little shorter than eye; mouth directed upwards; lower jaw projecting; eye 3 to 3^ times in length of head, 1^ to 1| times in interorbital width; space between eye and lip about ^ diameter of former. Dorsal 11-18, originating midway between centre or posterior border of eye and root of caudal, posterior rays produced in males, sometimes much longer than head. Anal 13-14, originating slightly in advance of dorsal, similar to the latter. Pectoral f to | length of head, reaching bnse of ventral or a little beyond ; ventral small, midway between end of snout and base of caudal or a little nearer the former. Caudal rounded, with one or two upper and lower rays produced in males. Caudal peduncle about 1^ times as long as deep. 26-29 scales in longitudinal series, 22-21 round body in front of ventrals; lateral line absent,. Fundulns hivltUitas. 6 , Old Calabar. or indicated by a series of pits. Yellowish olive or brownish, more or less spotted with crimson, frequently with two dark bands, the upper proceeding from the tip of the snout, through the eye, to the root of the caudal, the lower from below the eye, through the base of the pectoral; vertical fins edged with purplish red in the male. Total length 02 millim. Cameroon, Calabar.—Type in Stockholm Museum. 1-5. & hoT. G-15. Ad. & li^r 10-17. Ad. 18-10. Ad. Kiibi R., S. Cameroon. Tributaries of Lobi \{., S. Cameroon. Banaberi Swamps, inland of Duala, Cameloon. Old Calabar. G. L. Bates, Es(j. {{).). ]\Ir. B. Seln-bder (P.). 31r, J. Paul Arnold (P.). 2. FUNDULUS LOENNBEUGII. Bouleno-. Ann. & Mag. N. 11. (7) xii. PJO;',, p. 410. Depth of body 4 to 4J times in total length, length of head 3^ to 4 times. Head flat above; snout short and broad, as long as eye;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page ima
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