. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 278 ADDENDA, VOL. II. not quite reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as h-r 12—l^1 long as deep. Scales with radiating striae, 68-70 7,*^, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 20-22 round caudal peduncle. Silvery ; caudal fin orange, with the median rays blackish. Total length 120 millim. South Cameroon (Congo Basin). 1-2. Types. Ja R. G. L. Bates, Esq. ( Distinguished from B. Mngsleyce by the much smaller scales. 116. BARIL
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 278 ADDENDA, VOL. II. not quite reaching ventral. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle twice as h-r 12—l^1 long as deep. Scales with radiating striae, 68-70 7,*^, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 20-22 round caudal peduncle. Silvery ; caudal fin orange, with the median rays blackish. Total length 120 millim. South Cameroon (Congo Basin). 1-2. Types. Ja R. G. L. Bates, Esq. ( Distinguished from B. Mngsleyce by the much smaller scales. 116. BARILIUS ANSORGII. Bouleng. Ann. & H. (8) vi, 1910, p. 555. Depth of body equal to or a little less than length of head, 3f to 4^- times in total length. Head 2 to 2-g- times as long as broad, with feebly curved upper profile ; snout pointed, not projecting beyond mouth, as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 3| to 4 times in length Barilius ansorgii. Type. of head ; interorbital width 3 to 3-^ times in length of head; mouth extending to below centre or posterior third of eye ; no barbels; naked space between prseoperculum and suborbitals not |- width of third suborbital. Gill-rakers few, rudimentary. Dorsal II 7, originating midway between occiput and root of caudal, its posterior half above anal; anterior rays longest, f to f length of head. Anal III 12-14 (usually 13), anterior rays much longer than posterior, about as long as longest dorsals. Pectoral acutely pointed, as long as or a little shorter than head, reaching ventral or not. Caudal forked. Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, fr^i-. 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 : P
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