. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. HETEEOBEANCHTTS. 275 Dorsal 29-34, its distance from occipital process \ to ^ length of head; adipose dorsal as long as or a little shorter and lower than rayed dorsal, commencing immediately behind or at a short distance from the latter. Anal 44-54, extending, like the adipose dorsal, to the base of the caudal fin. Pectoral f to ^ length of head, the spine feebly serrated on the outer border and measuring \ (young) to f- the length of the fin.
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. HETEEOBEANCHTTS. 275 Dorsal 29-34, its distance from occipital process \ to ^ length of head; adipose dorsal as long as or a little shorter and lower than rayed dorsal, commencing immediately behind or at a short distance from the latter. Anal 44-54, extending, like the adipose dorsal, to the base of the caudal fin. Pectoral f to ^ length of head, the spine feebly serrated on the outer border and measuring \ (young) to f- the length of the fin. Ventral midway between end of snout and base of caudal, or a little nearer the latter. Caudal \ to § length of head. Olive above, white beneath, sometimes with scattered black blotches; dorsal and anal fins pale olive, darker towards the edge, which may be margined with red ; caudal fin yellowish or pale orange at the base, with a more or less distinct blackish crescentic band, sharply defined in front, shading off to yellow or red behind ; adipose dorsal fin often blackish at the end. Total length 720 millim. Nile, Omo, Niger, Congo, Zambesi.—Type in Paris Heterobranclius lowjifilis. Luxor (F. N.). i 1. Yg. Nile. 2. Hgr. Luxor. L. Loat, Esq. (C). 3. Skel. i> 55 4-9. Yg. Between Luxor and Assuan. 55 10. Yg. Assuan. 5) 11-12. Yg. Kosheh, Nubia. 55 13. Yg. Khartum. J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 14. Ad. Cojeb R. (Omo), 2500 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro(C). ; W. N. MacMillan, Esq. (P.) 15. Hgr. Ergino R. (Omo), 3000 ft. j? 16. Hgr. Orah R., Lagos. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 17-22. Yg. Agberi, S. Nigeria. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 23. Yg. Kasai district, Congo. M. De Meuse (C.).' 24,25. ;yg. Monsembe, Upp. Congo. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). T 2. 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 (Natura
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